How Buddhism Began : the Conditioned Genesis Of The Early Teachings.

How Buddhism Began : the Conditioned Genesis Of The Early Teachings.

Written by one of the world's top scholars in the field of Pali Buddhism, this work discusses various important doctrines and themes in early Buddhism. It takes "early Buddhism" to be that reflected in the Pali canon, and to some extent assumes that these doctrines reflect the teachin...

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Main Author: Gombrich, Richard F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2005.
Subjects:
To 250 B.C.
Buddhism > Doctrines > History > Early period, to ca. 250 B.C.
Buddhism > Origin.
Buddhism > Doctrines > Early period
Buddhism > Origin
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Book cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction to the Second edition; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Debate, skill in means, allegory and literalism; 2 How, not what: Kamma as a reaction to Brahminism; 3 Metaphor, allegory, satire; 4 Retracing an ancient debate: How insight worsted concentration in the pali canon; 5 Who was Angulimala?; Bibliography of secondary sources; General Index; Index of Texts cited.

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