Buddhism

Die Heimat des Buddhismus ist Indien, das in ganz besonderem Sinne ein Land der Religion ist.

Indian Types of ethical and philosophical Buddhism did not easily find acceptance in China; it took centuries of contact before a distinctively Chinese adaptation of Buddhism was effected that proved to be congenial to Chinese soil.

In the dim twilight preceding the dawn of Indian literature the historical imagination can perceive the forms of Aryan warriors, the first Western conquerors of Hindustan, issuing from those passes in the north-west through which the tide of invasion has in successive ages rolled to sweep over the plains of India.

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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.

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The Dhammapada is a versified Buddhist scripture traditionally ascribed to the Buddha himself.

This book contains complete and/or excerpts from the following Buddhistic suttas:1.

The Sutta Nipata is a Buddhist scripture, a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.

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.

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

The She-rab Dong-bu (Tree of Wisdom) is a metrical translation in Tibetan of a Sanscrit ethical work entitled Prajnya Danda, written by Nagarjuna who flourished in the fourth century of the Buddhist era (about 100 B.

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.

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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 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.

With the Buddhist faith there came the germ of the belief that the Gautama Buddha in his own grandeur bore witness to One Greater-the Amitabha or Amida Buddha-that One who in boundless Light abideth, life of the Universe, without colour, without form, the Lover of man, his Protector and Refuge.

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

This is the annotated edition including* an extensive 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.

Drachen sind in Indien, China und Japan die ältesten, mächtigsten und beliebtesten Fabelwesen.

Das Werk ist eine Art Handbuch für gesunde Lebenseinstellung in Form einer populären und leichten Einführung in die fortgeschrittene buddhistische Philosophie der Leerheit.

Der Buddhismus ist eine der beiden großen Weltreligionen, die in Indien entstanden sind und von dort den Weg in die ganze Welt gefunden haben.

Ganz allmählich tritt seit einem halben Jahrhundert ein neues Bewusstsein in unsere Welt, ein Bewusstsein, das sich mit Begriffen wie transzendental und spirituell bezeichnen lässt.

Wie fühle ich mich lebendig statt am Leben?

Eine mitreißende Biografie voll aktueller Erinnerungen – ein spiritueller Kompass für unsere Zeit!

Niklaus von Flüe, der Nationalheilige der Schweiz, ist undenkbar ohne Dorothea, seine starke Frau, mit der er gern "zu Tanze ging" und mit der er seinen Weg gemeinsam errungen hat.

Is a total renunciation of clothing a prerequisite to attaining spiritual liberation?

Immer mehr Menschen sind fasziniert vom Buddhismus und erwarten von ihm Wegweisung und Rat.