Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern ColomboRoutledge, 27 de set. de 2006 - 256 páginas Written by the leading authority on Theravada Buddhism, this up-dated edition takes into account recent research to include the controversies over the date of the Buddha and current social and political developments in Sri Lanka. Gombrich explores the legacy of the Buddha's predecessors and the social and religious contexts against which Buddhism has developed and changed throughout history, demonstrating above all, how it has always influenced and been influenced by its social surroundings in a way which continues to this day. |
Conteúdo
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2 Gotama Buddhas problem situation | 32 |
3 The Buddhas Dhamma | 61 |
4 The Sanghas discipline | 89 |
5 The accommodation between Buddhism and society in ancient India | 119 |
6 The Buddhist tradition in Sri Lanka | 137 |
7 Protestant Buddhism | 171 |
8 Current trends new problems | 196 |
Abbreviations and primary sources | 217 |
References | 219 |
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Termos e frases comuns
accept ancient Anuradhapura ascetic Asoka Ba¯hu Bihar Bodh Gaya brahmins Buddha Buddha’s death Buddhaghosa Buddhist monks Buddhist tradition Burma called Canon Carrithers caste century bce ceremony Ceylon chapter Christian chronicles claim Colombo commentaries communal religion culture Dhamma Dharmapa¯la doctrine early Enlightenment ethical evidence formal gods Gotama Hindu Hinduism human important India individual inscriptions Jain Jainism kamma karman king ks.atriya laity language layman living Maha Maha¯vam.sa Mahinda means meditation missionaries modern monastery monastic monks moral nibba¯na Nika¯ya one’s ordination tradition pa¯timokkha Pali Parakkama practice preached probably problem Protestant Buddhism rebirth relic religious renouncers ritual rule Sa¯sana sacrifice salvation Sangha Sanskrit scriptures sects seems sermon Sinhala Sinhalese Sinhalese Buddhist social society soteriology Sri Lanka stupa Sutta Tamil teaching term texts theory Therava¯da Buddhism Therava¯din Therava¯din tradition tion translated unintended Upanis.ads uposatha vaisya varn.a Veda Vedic Viha¯ra village Vinaya Vinaya Pit.aka Wijayaratna word