East Asian and Indian philosophy

This book gives essential insights on Indian philosophy and religion and offers twelve lessons on what you need to understand when diving into this topic.

The story of Amitabha has a historical setting in the ascendancy of the kingdom ofGandhara, under King Kanishka, whose interest in Buddhism and whose connection with Acvaghosha, the great Buddhist philosopher, are well known.

The Mahavagga includes accounts of the Buddha's and his great disciples' awakenings, as well as rules for uposatha days and monastic ordination.

The Kullavagga includes accounts of the First and Second Buddhist Councils and the establishment of the community of Buddhist nuns, as well as rules for addressing offenses within the community.

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.

The Pali Version of this small collection of stories and sentences has not been translated into English until the early 20th century.

This book contains verses attributed, in the tradition of the Pali Canon, to certain eminent Sisters (Ther+-Bhikkhun+s) of the Buddhist Order, and forming the second and smaller portion of the work entitled Thera-ther+-gth-i.

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.

This is the annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.

This is the annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.

The book contains 29 fairy tales from the Jatakas, or birth stories of Buddha, the fables of Bidpai and from other Sanskrit sources.

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.

This book contains the essential Buddhist scriptures, as preserved by the Buddhists of Ceylon and Further India and which are in the Pali language, a language related to Sanskrit much as Italian is related to Latin; and for several centuries before and after Christ it was spoken in varying dialects over most of Northern India.

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.

This is the annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.

Edkins' account of Chinese Buddhism is one of the most extensive ever written.

This study of Zen philosophy and the disciples in China and Japan elaborates on the differences between Mahayana Buddhism and Theraveda.

The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo (1906), is a long essay linking the role of tea (Teaism) to the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese life.

This is the annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.

Lloyds historical sketches of the evolution of Buddhism in Japan provide a wealth of knowledge.

This is the annotated edition including* an annotation of more than 10.

This edition includes an extensive preface by Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the founder of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission.

This is the extended edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.

Omar Chayyam war ein persischer Mathematiker, Astronom, Philosoph und Dichter.

A comparative statement of the various religious dogmas concerning the soul and its destiny, and of Akkadian, Hindu, Taoist, Egyptian, Hebrew, Greek, Christian, Mohammedan, Japanese and other magic.

Inklusive eines Essays zum Taoismus von Fritz Mauthner.

Mengzi (latinisiert Mencius oder Menzius; geboren um 370 v.

Die Analekten des Konfuzius (chin.

Das Buch der Riten ist einer der Fünf Klassiker, die dem Konfuzius zugeschrieben werden.

Liezi (auch Liä Dsi, Lieh Tzu oder Liä-Tse), Meister Lie, (um 450 v.

Die Gia Yü oder die Konfuzianischen Schulgespräche bilden eine Sammlung von 44 Kapiteln.

Die Frühlings- und Herbstannalen (chin.

Inklusive eines Essays über den Taoismus.

Der Brahmane Yajnavalkya war ein Schüler von Aruni, nach anderen Quellen von Bhaskali.

Das Buch der Lieder ist einer der Fünf Klassiker.

Dieses Buch enthält die wichtigsten Überlieferungen Buddhas.

Milindapanha (Pali, "Die Fragen des Menandros") Die Milindapanha ist ein der buddhistischen Schule des Theravada zugeordneter Pali-Text aus dem 4.

Weit über 7000 Sprüche, die der berühmte Indologe von Böthlinkg gesammelt hat.

Das Gitagovinda (Sanskrit: Gitagovinda "Der durch Lieder gepriesene Govinda") ist ein Sanskrit-Gedicht, das im 12.

Die Bhagavad Gita, "der Gesang Gottes" ist eine der zentralen Schriften des Hinduismus, ein spirituelles Gedicht.

Der Atharvaveda ist eine der heiligen Textsammlungen des Hinduismus.

Unsere Zeit ist geneigt, den Geist des indischen Altertums mit anderem Auge zu betrachten, als die großen Männer getan haben, die zu Anfang und Mitte des vorigen Jahrhunderts mit den Werken indischer Denker und Dichter bekannt geworden sind.

Die metrischen Übersetzungen von 100 Liedern nach Professor Dr.

Der Rigveda (Vedisch, [rigveda, veda = Wissen, [ric = Verse) ist der älteste Teil der vier Veden und zählt damit zu den wichtigsten Schriften des Hinduismus.

Vedanta (Sanskrit, m.

Unter den philosophischen Episoden, welche dem Mahâbhâratam, diesem grossen Nationalepos der Inder und umfangreichsten Dichterwerke der Welt, eingewoben sind, ist keine so berühmt geworden, steht keine in so hohem und fast heiligem Ansehen wie die Bhagavadgîtâ, "der Gesang des Heiligen", auch im Plural vorkommend als Bhagavadgäîtâh (sc.