The Centrality Of Ethics In Buddhism

Author : Hari Shankar Prasad
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788120832398

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The Centrality of Ethics in Buddhism by Hari Shankar Prasad Pdf

This book, through extensive textual study, explores the Buddha's and Buddhism's uncompromising and unflinching emphasis on the centrality of ethics as against any pernicious dogmas and metaphysical beliefs, and their attempts to causally relate moral perfection to soteriological or eschatological goal. What is most admirable about Buddhism is that it integrates the vertical development of human consciousness, for which the other is the necessary condition, with the gradual development of morality. It was this emphasis which separated Siddhartha, before he attained the Awakened Wisdom (bodhi), from his teachers - Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta - and it is for this reason that the Buddha calls himself and his Dhamma Patisotagami, i.e. going against the currents of the prevailing dogmas and pernicious beliefs. In brief, Buddhism is about overcoming of suffering, the greatest evil, through ethicization of human consciousness and conduct, which also takes care of the ethicization of the society and the universe. Besides, some of the essays of this book explore many other themes like Buddhist epistemology, nature of self, time, and intercultural.

Author : Hari Shankar Prasad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8120837207

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Centrality Of Ethics In Buddhism : Exploratory Essays by Hari Shankar Prasad Pdf

Author : Susanne Mrozik
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195305005

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Virtuous Bodies by Susanne Mrozik Pdf

Investigating the diverse roles bodies play in Buddhist ethical development, this book takes an influential early medieval Indian Mahayana Buddhist text (Nullantideva's 'Compendium of Training') as a case study.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138918741

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Buddhism, Ethics, and the Good Life by Anonim Pdf

Author : Girija Shankar Prasad Misra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105210613548

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Development of Buddhist Ethics by Girija Shankar Prasad Misra Pdf

Description: 'Religion is a doing and doing what is moral'. In Buddhism, particularly, there is such a great emphasis on moral doing that is very often designated as an 'ethical religion' (silaparaka dharma). The present work seeks to study Buddhist ethics as a development process not only in terms of inner dynamics of Buddhism inherent in its doctrinal and ethical formulations but also in terms of its response to various historical compulsions which motivated its followers to introduce in its general framework novelties of forms and expressions. It is hoped that such an approach would lead to a greater appreciation of Buddhist ethics both as an emergent of a unique spiritual vision and a social force. The book which is divided in six chapters cover the entire range of Buddhist development in India. The work is novel both in its approach and treatment of the subject. It studies conceptual formulations in their proper historical contexts. Modern debates on various ethical problems have been taken into account to bring about greater clarity in discussions.

Author : David J. Kalupahana
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8120832809

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Ethics in Early Buddhism by David J. Kalupahana Pdf

Throughout the centuries, moral philosophers, both Eastern and Western, considered a permanent and eternal law a necessary requirement for the formulation of a moral principle. If such a law was not empirically given, it had to be determined through reason. In contrast, early Buddhism presented a radical theory of impermanence. Interpreters of early Buddhism have been unable to abandon the presupposition of permanence, however, and hence have persisted in viewing nirvana or freedom as a permanent and eternal state to be contrasted with the impermanent world of sensory experience and bondage. Ethics in Early Buddhism is David J. Kalupahana's balanced and brilliantly concise attempt to place the early Buddhist descriptions of the world of experience, the state of freedom, and the moral principle leading to such freedom within the framework of impermanence.

Author : H. Saddhatissa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015003635425

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Buddhist Ethics by H. Saddhatissa Pdf

Author : Richard F. Gombrich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134196388

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How Buddhism Began by Richard F. Gombrich Pdf

Written by one of the world's top scholars in the field of Pali Buddhism, this new and updated edition of How Buddhism Began, 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 teachings of the Buddha himself. Two themes predominate. Firstly, the author argues that we cannot understand the Buddha unless we understand that he was debating with other religious teachers, notably Brahmins. The other main theme concerns metaphor, allegory and literalism. This accessible, well-written book is mandatory reading for all serious students of Buddhism.

Author : Rajendra Prasad
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 8180695956

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A Historical-developmental Study of Classical Indian Philosophy of Morals by Rajendra Prasad Pdf

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Author : Kedar Nath Tiwari
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8120816080

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Classical Indian Ethical Thought by Kedar Nath Tiwari Pdf

The book is a philosophical treatise on the Hindu, Bauddha and Jaina morals meant for the University students of Indian Ethics as well as for the general readers interested in the subject. Books on the subject are generally written in a historical perspective. On the contrary, the present work is philosophical and critical which takes full cognisance of the recent developments in Western ethical thought and its likely impact on the understanding of the traditional Indian ethics. Attempt has been made to understand the subject in the light of certain well-knit conceptual frames developed in the West in the field of ethics. In course of doing this, certain reconstructions have also been made, but it has always been kept in mind that the reconstructions do not become jejune to the natural spirit of Indian thought.

Author : Richard Francis Gombrich
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39076002892003

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What the Buddha Thought by Richard Francis Gombrich Pdf

Argues that the Buddha was one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of all time. This book intends to serve as an introduction to the Buddha's thought, and hence even to Buddhism itself. It also argues that we can know far more about the Buddha than it is fashionable among scholars to admit.

Author : Damien Keown
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781349220922

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The Nature of Buddhist Ethics by Damien Keown Pdf

In this book the author considers data from both early and later schools of Buddhism in an attempt to provide an overall characterization of the structure of Buddhist ethics. The importance of ethics in the Buddha's teachings is widely acknowledged, but the pursuit of ethical ideals has up to now been widely held to be secondary to the attainment of knowledge. Drawing on the Aristotelian tradition of ethics the author argues against this intellectualization of Buddhism and in favour of a new understanding of the tradition in terms of which ethics plays an absolutely central role. In the course of this reassessment many basic concepts such as karma, nirvana, and the Eightfold Path, are reviewed and presented in a fresh light. The book will be of interest to readers with a background in either Buddhist studies or comparative religious ethics.

Author : Jay L. Garfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190907662

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Buddhist Ethics by Jay L. Garfield Pdf

Buddhist Ethics presents an outline of Buddhist ethical thought. It is not a defense of Buddhist approaches to ethics as opposed to any other, nor is it a critique of the Western tradition. Garfield presents a broad overview of a range of Buddhist approaches to the question of moral philosophy. He draws on a variety of thinkers, reflecting the great diversity of this 2500-year-old tradition in philosophy but also the principles that tie them together. In particular, he engages with the literature that argues that Buddhist ethics is best understood as a species of virtue ethics, and with those who argue that it is best understood as consequentialist. Garfield argues that while there are important points of contact with these Western frameworks, Buddhist ethics is distinctive, and is a kind of moral phenomenology that is concerned with the ways in which we experience ourselves as agents and others as moral fellows. With this framework, Garfield explores the connections between Buddhist ethics and recent work in moral particularism, such as that of Jonathan Dancy, as well as the British and Scottish sentimentalist tradition represented by Hume and Smith.

Author : Steven M. Emmanuel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 023117487X

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Philosophy's Big Questions by Steven M. Emmanuel Pdf

The essays in this book turn to the major figures and texts of the Buddhist tradition in order to expand and enrich our thinking on enduring philosophical questions. Featuring striking and generative comparisons, Philosophy's Big Questions offers readers new conceptual tools, methods, and insights for the pursuit of a good and happy life.

Author : Christopher W. Gowans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317659341

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Buddhist Moral Philosophy by Christopher W. Gowans Pdf

The first book of its kind, Buddhist Moral Philosophy: An Introduction introduces the reader to contemporary philosophical interpretations and analyses of Buddhist ethics. It begins with a survey of traditional Buddhist ethical thought and practice, mainly in the Pali Canon and early Mahāyāna schools, and an account of the emergence of Buddhist moral philosophy as a distinct discipline in the modern world. It then examines recent debates about karma, rebirth and nirvana, well-being, normative ethics, moral objectivity, moral psychology, and the issue of freedom, responsibility and determinism. The book also introduces the reader to philosophical discussions of topics in socially engaged Buddhism such as human rights, war and peace, and environmental ethics.