How Buddhism Began: The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings

ISBN-13: 9780415514163 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 180 str.

Richard F. Gombrich

Opis

Gombrich takes a fresh look at the earliest Buddhist texts and offers various suggestions about how the teachings in them had developed.

Recenzje

'Few indeed have attempted a critical study of the philosophical and religious ideas proffered by early Buddhists. How Buddhism Began ... is an excellent small book that begins to fill this lamentable void in Buddhist studies ... highly recommended for both the expert and novice in the field of Buddhist studies.'- Philosophy East and West

Spis treści

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?

O autorze

Gombrich, Richard F.