Buddha: A Very Short IntroductionOUP Oxford, 2001 M02 22 - 128 páginas Michael Carrithers guides us through the complex and sometimes conflicting information that Buddhist texts give about the life and teaching of the Buddha. He discusses the social and political background of India in the Buddha's time, and traces the development of his thought. He also assesses the rapid and widespread assimilation of Buddhism and its contemporary relevance. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. |
Contenido
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Early life and renunciation | 12 |
3 To the awakening | 28 |
4 The awakening | 53 |
5 The mission and the death | 79 |
Note on quotations | 99 |
Further reading | 101 |
103 | |
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A. C. Grayling Absorptions achieved ancient ascetic attain attitude awakening birth Brahman Buddha Buddha’s teaching Buddhist order canon causes and conditions centuries compassion complex consciousness consequences craving death deeds discourses doctrine dukkha effect estates theory eternal experience feeling Forest Monks Four Noble Truths frame of mind Ganges basin goldsmith human condition impersonal impulses Indian insight meditation intellectual introspection Islam Jainism Ka¯la¯mans kings knowledge laymen liberation living loving-kindness Malise Ruthven meditative accomplishments Meditative Plane mental Michael mind and body moral discipline Moreover Nika¯ya Norman Solomon object of meditation one’s oneself pain perception person Philip Ball philosophy pleasure point of view political Pot˙t˙hapa¯da practices principle question rebirth reborn rejected relatively renouncers Roger Scruton Sakyas Sanskrit self-mortification sense sentient Short Introduction skilful skill social society sources spiritual cosmos Sri Lanka term thirst thought tradition transmigration Truth of Suffering Upanishads virtue wanderers Warrior yogic yogic teachers yogis