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Buddhism; In Its Connexion With Brahmanism and Hinduism: And Its Contrast With Cristianity (Classic Reprint)
Buddhism In Its Connexion With Brahmanism and Hinduism And Its Contrast With Cristianity - Classic Reprint Author:Monier Monier Williams This edition will be found to possess the advantage of a full index. Not a few improvements, too, will be observed in the body of the work. These, however, are chiefly verbal, and occur in the first 224 pages. They are such as have suggested themselves to my own mind in my efforts to express my meaning with the greatest possible lucidity. For in... more »deed I have been disappointed in my hope that in the interval between the publication of the First Edition of 'Buddhism,' in February last, and the putting forth of this Second Edition, some really helpful criticisms would have appeared, written by fellow-students of Buddhism and fellow-labourers in the field of Oriental Research, whose animadversions, even if severe, I should have welcomed, or whose suggestions, even if held by me to be inadmissible, would have received my careful and respectful consideration. It is true that numerous notices and reviews have been published in various journals, both in this country and in America, but the
Table of Contents
Preface v; Postscript on the common error in regard to the comparative; prevalence of Buddhism in the world xiv; List of Illustrations xxix; Rules for Pronunciation xxxi; Pronunciation of Buddha, etc Addenda and Corrigenda xxxii; LECTURE I Introductory Observations Buddhism in its relation to Brahmanism Various sects in Brahmanism Creed of the ordinary Hindu Rise of scepticism and infidelity Materialistic school of thought Origin of Buddhism and Jainism Mauysidedness of Buddhism Its complexity Labours of various scholars Divisions of the subject The Buddha, his Law, his Order of Monks Northern Buddhism 1-17; LECTURE II; The "Buddha as a Personal Teacher; The Buddha's biography Date of his birth and death His names, epithets, and titles Story of the four visions Birth of the Buddha's son The Buddha leaves his home His life at Raja-griha His study of Brahmanical philosophy His sexennial fast His temptation by Mara He« less