A Manual of Buddhist Philosophy: Cosmology
Author | : William Montgomery McGovern |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
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Author | : William Montgomery McGovern |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
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Author | : William Montgomery McGovern |
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Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
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Author | : William Montgomery McGovern |
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Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780404173463 |
Author | : William Montgomery McGovern |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019 |
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ISBN | : 9780243641765 |
Author | : William Montgomery McGovern |
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Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
ISBN | : 9780415242868 |
Author | : Akira Sadakata |
Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
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This extensively researched and illustrated volume offers Western readers a rare introduction to Buddhism's complex and fascinating views about the structure of the universe. The book begins by clearly explaining classical cosmology, with its symmetrical, India-centered universe and multitudinous heavens and hells, and illuminates the cosmos's relation to the human concerns of karma, transmigration, and enlightenment. It moves on to discuss the Mahayana conception of the universe as a lotus flower containing uncountable realms, each with its own buddha. Then, examining changes in the notions of hell and the gods, the author traces Buddhism's gradual shift from a religion to a mythology. Throughout, treatment of Buddhism's historical, geographical, and doctrinal origins complements detailed cosmological descriptions. Finally, the author shows us how this ancient philosophy resembles the modern scientific view of the cosmos, and how even today it can help us lead more fulfilling lives.
Author | : William Montgomery McGovern |
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Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 1976 |
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Author | : William Montgomery McGovern |
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Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
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Author | : W. Randolph Kloetzli |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9788120804630 |
Disagreements concerning the nature and extent of the universe constitute a focus of theological debate which permeates buddhism at every level. While there have been numerous attempts to catalogue the details of the Buddhist cosmologies, none has attempted a general interpretation of their underlying intention. This work attempts to begin the process of interpreting the major phases of Buddhist Cosmological speculation by seeing in them various dramas of salvation tailored to the philosophical and theological predilections of their respective traditions. To a large extent, this interpretation relies on an examination of continuities between the Buddhist cosmologies and those of the hellenistic world as a whole. In the course of this study, two major cosmological traditions emerge; those which rely on metaphors of time and those which rely on metaphors of time and those which rely on metaphors of space. The former are associated with the Hinayana and the latter with the Mahayana forms of Buddhism. Each draws on images of motion and light to articulate its vision of the drama of salvation.
Author | : Mcgovern Welliam Montogomery |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Buddhist philosophy |
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