The Doctrine of the Buddha: The Religion of Reason and MeditationMotilal Banarsidass, 1965 - 413 pages The present edition, revised and enlarged by the author himself, presents the old genuine Buddha doctrine with the aim of developing a new type of man, free from prejudices and intent on working out his own future with his self as the light. It represents not only the flower of Indian religious feeling and philosophy but also the crowning summit of religious introspection in general. The book deals with Truth as the theme and basis of the doctrine of the Buddha. It explains (1) Truth, Critrine, World and subject of suffering, (2) Truth of the arising of suffering, (3) Truth of the annihilation of suffering, (4) Truth of the path leading to the annihilation of suffering. The author presents the highest knowledge, the supreme reality to which Buddha is awakened, in so cogent a form, free from mythological and mythical clothing that it becomes positively self-evident to the reader. The study is prefixed with an Introduction and Appendix--as important as the text itself. Introduction answers the queries 'Who was the Buddha?' 'What is a Buddha?' and depicts the method of handing down the 'Marvel'. The Appendix deals with the Doctrine, the Metaphysics of the Buddha, Right cognition etc. There are four indexes: (1) Index of quotations from the Pali texts, (2) General Index, (3) Index of proper names (4) Pali and Sanskrit Index. An exhaustive Bibliography supplies the gap in our knowledge of Buddhist literature. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
able according to reality activities Ananda anattā annihilation arises ascetic Atman attained become bhikkhu birth bliss body boundless Brahmin brother Buddha Buddhism called cause Certainly clear cognition completely conception conditioned consciousness consequence consists contemplation corporeal form corporeal organism course death deeds deliverance dependence dhamma disciples Discourse doctrine element entirely essence eternal everything Exalted excellent truths existence five groups fundamental George Grimm germ Gotama groups of grasping holy insight intuitive kind king knowledge living Lord Majjhima Nikaya Māra means meditation mental mentation mind motions Nagasena nature Nibbāna Nikaya object organ of thought organs of sense ourselves painful Pāli penetrated perceive perception perfect personality possible precisely productions pure question realm reason rebirth recognize regard reverend rūpa Samsara Sankhārā Sariputta Schopenhauer sensation sensual six realms six senses Sotapanna suffering taste Tathāgata teaching thereby therewith things thinking thirst touch transitory Upanishads Vacchagotta verily whole words Yamaka ye monks