How Buddhism began : the conditioned genesis of the early teachings / Richard F. Gombrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gombrich, Richard F. (Richard Francis), 1937-

Series:

Routledge critical studies in Buddhism.

Routledge critical studies in Buddhism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Doctrines--History--Early period, to ca. 250 B.C.

Buddhism.

Buddhism--Origin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Book cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction to the Second edition; Preface; Abbreviations; 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?; Bibliography of secondary sources; General Index; Index of Texts cited

Notes:

Previous ed.: London: Athlone, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

81-215-0812-6

1-134-19639-3

1-282-37315-3

9786612373152

0-203-09873-0

9780203098738

OCLC:

475972238