Heart of Buddhism

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Being an Anthology of Buddhist Verse

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Av K.J. Saunders

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This book is a selection of verses taken from established Buddhist texts. Translated by the Pali scholar K.J. Saunders, it provides the reader with an insight into the teachings that conquered the orient more than 2500 years ago.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-12-05
Mått140 x 200 x 15 mm
Vikt230 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska, Pali
Antal sidor96
FörlagManohar Publishers and Distributors
ISBN9789390035458
ÖversättareSauders, K.J.

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INTRODUCTION . 7 VERSE SELECTIONS : I The Teacher a Farmer 19 II Vanitas, Omnia Vanitas 21III Disillusion 21 IV The Misery of Life 22 V Karma 22 VI Karma . 23 VII. Four Sorrowful Things : A Riddle and an Answer 24 VIII. Another Riddle and its Answer . 24IX. The Song of Great Blessing 25 X. The True Recluses 28 XI. The Abode of Peace 31 XII. Meditation 33 XIII. Heroic Measures 34 XIV. Holding the Mirror up to Nature. 34 XV. A Converted Worldling . 35 XVI. Noblesse Oblige 35 XVII. A Hero of the Solitary Way 35 XVIII. All is Fleeting . 36 XIX. A Memento Mori 36 XX. The Body 37 XXI. ' The View depends upon the Point of View ' . 37 XXII. The Hog . 38 XXIII. Perseverance : (1) Crede experto 39 (2) Hope for the Climber 39 XXIV. The Victory of the Stoic 40 XXV. The Kingdom of the Mind 40 XXVI. The Undaunted Heart 40 XXVII. ' A Contented Mind is a Blessing Kind ' 41 XXVIII. The Strenuous Life of Meditation . 41 XXIX. A Buddhist S. Anthony 42 XXX. Married Love is Lust 42 XXXI. A New Man . 43 XXXII. A New Woman . 43 XXXIII. Unsafe Confidants . 44 XXXIV. A Father Greets his Son 45 XXXV. A Son Greets his Mother 45 XXXVI. Compassion . 46 XXXVII. Compassion to Animals : A Charm against Snakes . 47 XXXVIII. The Spirits of the Departed 48 XXXIX. The True Brahman 51 XL. Labels, False and True 51 XLI. The False and the True . 52 XLII. The Song of Victory and Blessing 52 XLIII. Proofs of the Buddha's Existence 58 PROSE SELECTIONS : XLIV. The Ogress Kali 61 XLV. Prince Wessantara 69 XLVI. A Buddhist Solomon . . 73 XLVII. The Cruel Crane Outwitted 75 XLVIII. True Love . 81 XLIX. Wrong Love 83 L. The Problem of Suffering 85 LI. The Power of the Norm . 86 LII. Do the Dead Meet Again ? . 87 Lill. The Layman's Part 89