Buddhist Suttas - Couverture souple

Tice, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1585090794 ISBN 13 : 9781585090792

Editeur : Book Tree,US, 2000

Synopsis

These seven scriptural writings are considered to be the most important and oldest of the Buddhist religion. Originally written in the Pali language, they date to the fourth and third centuries BC. This early date is what makes them so important they form the very core of Buddhist teachings, sought after and studied by monks and scholars for centuries. There could never be a complete understanding of the true meaning of Buddhism without them (previously available elsewhere for $250.00).

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

On being asked to contribute a volume of translations from the Pali Suttas to the important series of which this work forms a part, the contributor has to face the difficulty of choosing from the stores of a nearly unknown literature a difficulty arising from the embarrassment, not of poverty, but of wealth, I have endeavoured to make such a choice as would enable me to bring together into one volume a collection of texts which should be as complete a sample as one volume could afford of what theB uddhist scriptures, on the whole, contain. With this object in view I have refrained from confining myself to the most interesting books those, namely, which deal with theN oble Eightfold Path, the most essential, the most original, and the most attractive part of Gotama steaching; and I have chosen accordingly, besides theS utta of the Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness (the Dhamma -akka-ppavattanaS utt a), which treats of theN oble Path, six others which treat of other sides of theB uddhist system ;less interesting perhaps in their subject matter, but of no less historical value. These are 1. The Book of the Great Decease (the Mahaparinibbana-S uttanta), which is theB uddhist representative of what, among the Christians, is called aG ospel. 2. The Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness (the Dhamma-akka-ppavattana-S utta), containing the Four Noble Truths, and theN oble Eightfold Path which ends in A rahatship.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book contains complete and/or excerpts from the following Buddhistic suttas: 1. The Book of the Great Decease (the Mahâ-parinibbâna-Suttanta), which is the Buddhist representative of what, among the Christians, is called a Gospel. 2. The Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteousness (the Dhamma-kakka-ppavattana-Sutta), containing the Four Noble Truths, and the Noble Eightfold Path which ends in Arahatship. 3. The Discussion on Knowledge of the Three Vedas (the Tevigga-Suttanta), which is a controversial dialogue on the right method of attaining to a state of union with Brahmâ. 4. The Sutta entitled 'If he should desire--' (Âkankheyya-Sutta), which shows in the course of a very beautiful argument some curious sides of early Buddhist mysticism and of curiously unjustified belief. 5. The Treatise on Barrenness and Bondage (the Ketokhila-Sutta), which treats of the Buddhist Order of Mendicants, from the moral, as distinguished from the disciplinary, point of view. 6. The Legend of the Great King of Glory (the Mahâ-sudassana-Suttanta), which is an example of the way in which previously existing legends were dealt with by the early Buddhists. 7. The Sutta entitled 'All the Âsavas' (the Sabbâsava-Sutta), which explains the signification of a constantly recurring technical term, and lays down the essential principles of Buddhist Agnosticism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Tree,US
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1585090794
• ISBN 13: 9781585090792
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 372
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible