Buddhist India Rediscovered

Author : Aruna Deshpande
Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788184952476

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LOSE YOURSELF IN THE BUDDHIST EXPERIENCE INDIA IS THE GUARDIAN OF a rich and ancient culture, and the seat of Buddhism. Mystic monasteries on Himalayan slopes, richly carved stupas amid lush gardens, cavernous dwellings with exquisite paintings –India is home to all these and more. In this, her seventh book, respected historian Aruna Deshpande travels the length and breadth of the country to track down the imprints of Buddhism. Never before has any historian presented every major Buddhist site located in India in one book. Here are the architectural gems of Lumbini, the lesser known Tawang Monastery of Arunachal Pradesh, the unparalleled Bodh Gaya and a reliable guide to visiting all these places. A boon to pilgrims, travelers and armchair explorers alike, Buddhist India Rediscovered will fire the imagination and carry you on a memorable journey. “A remarkably thorough catalogue of India’s Buddhist sites. Whether their interest is in history and culture or Buddhist pilgrimage, I am sure many readers will find this work of great value.” From the foreword by HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA

Author : Mahesh Vikram Singh
Publisher : Northern Book Centre
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 8172112092

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India Rediscovered by Mahesh Vikram Singh Pdf

India Rediscovered in not just another title. India always needed to be rediscovered for the future making of the nation. It needed to be rediscovered in the context of interplay of its inherent spirit and changing material conditions althrough the past. It needed to be rediscovered in the cycles of rise and fall, revival and rejuvenation of all its civilizational and cultural ethos. It needed to be rediscovered for a better understanding of the causes of a number of misgivings and misconceptions with a view to find a more positive and rational path of its rebuilding and finally it needed to be rediscovered to listen to the call of the age. Salient Features: • The book falls in the line of some exceptional writings on India’s past to its present in a surveying manner and style. • Analyses the direction of Indian history on the basis of the inter-relationship of spirit and matter with regard to general will of the people. • Evaluates the progress of civilization and culture, state and society in India in terms of maximum and total efficiency during different eras of Indian history which is altogether a new vision of looking at India’s past. • Very well studded with references and an exhaustive theme-index at the end for the benefit of readers and researchers with a view to open new vistas of research in the field and hence a big contribution to the knowledge.

Author : D. C. Ahir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 8190821261

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Buddhism in India by D. C. Ahir Pdf

Author : Thomas William Rhys Davids
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 8120804244

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Buddhist India by Thomas William Rhys Davids Pdf

1903. In this volume Rhys, the celebrated Buddhist scholar, attempts to describe ancient India, during the period of Buddhist ascendancy, from the point of view, not so much of the brahmin, as of the rajput. The two points of view naturally differ very much. Priest and noble in India have always worked very well together so long as the question at issue did not touch their own rival claims as against one another. When it did-and it did so especially during the period referred to-the harmony, as will be evident from the following pages, was not so great.

Author : Narendra Nath Bhattacharyya
Publisher : Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X030208746

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Buddhism in the History of Indian Ideas by Narendra Nath Bhattacharyya Pdf

This Book Makes A Reassessment Of The Views On The Origins Of Buddhism Put Forward By Eminent Scholars And Deals With The Ideological Background Of Buddhism In Which Its Key Concepts As Found In Other Sources Have Been Traced, Identified And Documented. A Comprehensive Appendix On Buddhist Iconography Enriches This Path-Breaking Work.

Author : Garima Kaushik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317329398

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Women and Monastic Buddhism in Early South Asia by Garima Kaushik Pdf

This book uses gender as a framework to offer unique insights into the socio-cultural foundations of Buddhism. Moving away from dominant discourses that discuss women as a single monolithic, homogenous category—thus rendering them invisible within the broader religious discourse—this monograph examines their sustained role in the larger context of South Asian Buddhism and reaffirms their agency. It highlights the multiple roles played by women as patrons, practitioners, lay and monastic members, etc. within Buddhism. The volume also investigates the individual experiences of the members, and their equations and relationships at different levels—with the Samgha at large, with their own respective Bhikşu or Bhikşunī Sangha, with the laity, and with members of the same gender (both lay and monastic). It rereads, reconfigures and reassesses historical data in order to arrive at a new understanding of Buddhism and the social matrix within which it developed and flourished. Bringing together archaeological, epigraphic, art historical, literary as well as ethnographic data, this volume will be of interest to researchers and scholars of Buddhism, gender studies, ancient Indian history, religion, and South Asian studies.

Author : Johannes Bronkhorst
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 8120811143

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The Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India by Johannes Bronkhorst Pdf

This book elucidates the early Buddhist teachings and beliefs concerning meditaions and its role in the process to liberation. In a number of cases, the Buddhist canonical texts reject practices which they accept elsewhere. When these practices-sometimes rejected, sometimes accepted-correspond to what is known about non-Buddhist practices, the conculsion in then proposed that they are non-Buddhist practices which have somehow found their way into the Buddhist texts. A similar procedure enables one to choose between conflicting beliefs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1227346327

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Buddhist India by Anonim Pdf

Author : T W Rhys (Thomas William Rh Davids
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020520787

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Buddhist India / Y T.W. Rhys Davids by T W Rhys (Thomas William Rh Davids Pdf

In this classic work on Buddhism and Indian history, T. W. Rhys Davids provides readers with a detailed look at the origins and development of Buddhist thought and philosophy in India. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of Indian history, religion, and culture, Davids takes readers on a journey through the centuries as he explores the key figures and ideas that shaped the Buddhist tradition. With its insightful analysis and engaging writing style, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in Buddhism or Indian history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Miranda Shaw
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691168548

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Buddhist Goddesses of India by Miranda Shaw Pdf

"The Indian Buddhist world abounds with goddesses--voluptuous tree spirits, maternal nurturers, potent healers and protectors, transcendent wisdom figures, cosmic mothers of liberation, and dancing female Buddhas. Despite their importance in Buddhist thought and practice, these female deities have received relatively little scholarly attention, and no comprehensive study of the female pantheon has been available. Buddhist Goddesses of India is the essential and definitive guide to divinities that, as Miranda Shaw writes, "operate from transcendent planes of bliss and awareness for as long as their presence may benefit living beings." Beautifully illustrated, the book chronicles the histories, legends, and artistic portrayals of nineteen goddesses and several related human figures and texts. Drawing on a sweeping range of material, from devotional poetry and meditation manuals to rituals and artistic images, Shaw reveals the character, powers, and practice traditions of the female divinities. Interpretations of intriguing traits such as body color, stance, hairstyle, clothing, jewelry, hand gestures, and handheld objects lend deep insight into the symbolism and roles of each goddess. In addition to being a comprehensive reference, this book traces the fascinating history of these goddesses as they evolved through the early, Mahayana, and Tantric movements in India and found a place in the pantheons of Tibet and Nepal."--Publisher's website.

Author : Akira Hirakawa
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 8120809556

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A History of Indian Buddhism by Akira Hirakawa Pdf

This comprehensive and detailed survey of the first six centuries of Indian Buddhism sums up the results of a lifetime of research and reflection by one of Japan's most renowned scholars of Buddhism.

Author : Tāranātha (Jo-nang-pa)
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 8120806964

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Tāranātha's History of Buddhism in India by Tāranātha (Jo-nang-pa) Pdf

Born in A.D. 1575, Lama Taranatha wrote this book in 1608. V. Vasil`ev of St. Petersburg translated it from Tibetan into Russian in April 1869 followed by the German translation of the text by Schiefner also published from St. Peterburg in October of the same Year. In view of the profound importance of the work for understanding Indian history in general and of the history of Buddhism in particular. modern scholars have extensively using specially Schiefner`s German translation of the History for decades and this for varied purposes.

Author : Joy Bose,Siva Prasad Bose
Publisher : Joy Bose
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Guide to Buddhist Sites in the Indian Subcontinent by Joy Bose,Siva Prasad Bose Pdf

The Indian subcontinent is the birthplace of Buddhism. Here is where the Buddha was born, where he lived and died. Here is where the first Buddhist councils were established, where the first monks practiced meditation, where the first stupas were built, where the great monasteries like Nalanda were established, where scholars from elsewhere in the Buddhist world came to learn Buddhism and so on. The earliest historical sites related to Buddhism were here too. In this book we provide an overview of historical sites related to Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent: including India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. Here too, we only mention some of the most important sites, for listing out all sites related to Buddhism is virtually impossible on account of their great number. We have also covered holy sites belonging to all the important sects of Buddhism, including Theravada and Mahayana and Vajrayana or Tibetan Buddhism. Our preference is to focus on historically important and more famous sites. For the purposes of this book, we leave out other important Asian Buddhist countries such as Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, China and Japan for now. We will consider covering those sites in a separate book at a later time. For the purpose of covering the sites, we group them based on proximity. The author has personally visited most of the sites mentioned in this book in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The aim of this book is to provide the prospective traveler and pilgrim an overview of the sites so that they too can visit and see for themselves.

Author : William Theodore de Bary
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307778796

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The Buddhist Tradition by William Theodore de Bary Pdf

This book, compiled from basic Buddhist writings, presents a survey of Buddhist thought in India, China, and Japan, covering the central doctrines and practices that has profoundly influenced human life in Asia. Developments in practical ethics, social attitudes, philosophical speculation, and religious and aesthetic contemplation are represented by selected excerpts from basic writings with succinct introductions and commentary. From these one may observe not only the remarkable vitality of Buddhism in its spread through Asia, but also the essential links between widely diverse forms, showing how the spiritual message of the Buddha found expression in different historical and cultural circumstances. Thus both its continuity in time and its wide range of influence mark Buddhism as a major spiritual force in the world. Buddha, as the Awakened One, has exemplified to millions of followers throughout the ages a living Truth, a dynamic wisdom and an active compassion. It is these qualities that have inspired hop and courage in men who were asked to face to the stark reality of man's condition: the inevitable involvement in suffering which arises from his persistent egoism and refusal to recognize his finitude.

Author : K.T.S Sarao,Jefferey Long
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1423 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9402408533

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Buddhism and Jainism by K.T.S Sarao,Jefferey Long Pdf

This volume focuses on Buddhism and Jainism, two religions which, together with Hinduism, constitute the three pillars of Indic religious tradition in its classical formulation. It explores their history and relates how the Vedic period in the history of Hinduism drew to a close around the sixth century BCE and how its gradual etiolation gave rise to a number of religious movements. While some of these remained within the fold of the Vedic traditions, others arose in a context of a more ambiguous relationship between the two. Two of these have survived to the present day as Buddhism and Jainism. The volume describes the major role Buddhism played in the history not only of India but of Asia, and now the world as well, and the more confined role of Jainism in India until relatively recent times. It examines the followers of these religions and their influence on the Indian religious landscape. In addition, it depicts the transformative effect on existing traditions of the encounter of Hinduism with these two religions, as well as the fertile interaction between the three. The book shows how Buddhism and Jainism share the basic concepts of karma, rebirth, and liberation with Hinduism while giving them their own hue, and how they differ from the Hindu tradition in their understanding of the role of the Vedas, the “caste system,” and ritualism in religious life. The volume contributes to the debate on whether the proper way of describing the relationship between the three major components of the classical Indic tradition is to treat them as siblings (sometimes as even exhibiting sibling rivalry), or as friends (sometimes even exhibiting schadenfreude), or as radical alternatives to one another, or all of these at different points in time.