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Pali Buddhism (London Studies on South Asia) [Hardcover]

Frank Hoffman (Author), Deegalle Mahinda (Author)
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June 3, 1996 0700703594 978-0700703593
This is an interdisciplinary and holistic survey of Pali Buddhism, covering philological, indigenous and philosophical approaches in a single volume.
The work is divided into three main sections: Philological Foundations; Insiders' Understandings; and Philosophical Implications.

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  • Hardcover: 260 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge (June 3, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0700703594
  • ISBN-13: 978-0700703593
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars I am one of the co-editors and am describing the volume., November 1, 1998
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PALI BUDDHISM: This work is co-edited by an American professor of philosophy and religion and by a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk who received academic training in the history of religions in the United States. The three sections of the book are: PHILOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS, INSIDER'S UNDERSTANDINGS, and PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS. The focus in on early Indian Theravada Buddhism in the Pali tradition.

The FOREWORD is by Ninian Smart. The INTRODUCTION by Hoffman and Deegalle offers a historical overview of the significance of Pali Buddhist Studies and its historical background. It also provies a discussion of comparative philosophy as it relates to Pali Buddhism, and explains the rationale for this particular volume.

CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE: George D. Bond, Andrew Olendzki, Subramania Gopalan, Christopher Key Chapple, Deegalle Mahinda, Padmasiri DeSilva, A.D.P. Kalansuriya, Gunapala Dharmasiri, Arthur L. Herman, Ramakrishna Puligandla, Shanta Ratnayaka, Ninian Smart, and Frank J. Hoffman.

The work contains an Index and section divider plates from Sri Lanka courtesy of the American Institute of Indian Studies, Varanasi.

This book is suitable as a supplementary text in survey courses on Philosophies and Religions of India and for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses as well.

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The origins of Pli Buddhist studies in European academia may be traced to the establishment of the Pali Text Society in 18811 and Journal of the Pali Text Society in 1882. Read the first page
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kusala kammapathas, citta dharmas, dasa sila, novel togetherness, negative nirvana, positive nirvana, training precepts, mundane path, undetermined questions, dependent origination, existential ambiguity, gradual path, forest monks, axial period, synthetic truth, altruistic suicide, process criticism, root virtues, ten precepts, process philosophy, comparative philosophy, logical grammar
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Sri Lanka, New York, Pali Text Society, Rhys Davids, Pali Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism, Noble Eightfold Path, Basil Blackwell, Gunapala Dharmasiri, Padmasiri de Silva, Pali Buddhist, Edward Conze, Ninian Smart, Walpola Rahula, Narada Thera, Steven Collins, Three Refuges, Buddhist Publication Society, Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge, Emile Durkheim, Fergus Kerr, Jan Gorak, Max Muller, Motilal Banarsidass, Nyanaponika Thera
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