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Dharma - Its True Nature |
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| A collection of eighteen papers given at a seminar at Dhamma Giri, Igatpuri, India addressing the theme of how Vipassana meditation helps with the problem of addiction.aA report on the proceedings of an international conference held at Dhamma Giri, Igatpuri, India in May, 1995. The papers and discussion focus on the meaning of the word 'Dharma' which in India is synonymous with 'religion'. Papers are interspersed with lively discussion extracts about the definition of the term Dharma and focus... |
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Effect of Vipassana Meditation on Quality of life, Subjective well-being, and Criminal Propensity among inmates of Tihar jail, Delhi |
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| Contents:
Introduction
Review of Literature
Vipassana meditation: An introduction
About the study
Objectives
Hypotheses
Method of Study
Research design
Sample
Tools
Statistical analysis
Results and Discussion
Conclusion
Limitations of Study
Suggestions for future Research
References
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Gotama the Buddha: His Life and His Teaching |
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| This compact volume succinctly encapsulates major landmarks in the life of Gotama the Buddha, the principal elements of his teaching, and the most significant historical junctures in the subsequent transmission of the Dhamma as originally taught by him. Contents: The Life of the Buddha The Teaching of the Buddha The Six Councils (Dhamma-Sangîtis) The Spread of the Dhamma Hostorical Places of The Buddha Vipassana Meditation The Teaching Today References List of... |
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Importance of Vedana and Sampajañña |
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| The Seminar on Vedana and Sampajañña, held in 1990 at Dhamma Giri, Igatpuri, India, was an important milestone in the acknowledgment of Vipassana meditation as the quintessence of the Buddha's teaching. The papers presented at the seminar gave detailed insight into these two very important terms from the Pali canon. They are inspiring to meditators and intriguing to scholars interested in the Buddha's teaching.
In this second edition S.N. Goenka has contributed a new article that once again... |
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Psychological Effects of Vipassana on Tihar Jail Inmates |
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| Vipassana is an ancient meditation technique rediscovered by Gotama the Buddha, about 2500 years ago. It is currently being taught in India and several other countries under the guidance of S.N. Goenka, the principal teacher of Vipassana. It promotes conscious lifestyle changes, enhances concentration of mind and facilitates deeper psychological intropsection to bring aboutbehavioral changes.
On April 4, 1994, one thousand male prisoners gathered in a huge tent in Tihar Prison, India, to... |
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The Caravan of Dhamma |
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| In 2002, at the age of 78, Goenkaji embarked on a remarkable Dhamma tour of the West. He traveled for 128 days through Europe and North America, giving many Dhamma talks, leading meditation sessions, giving media interviews and guiding students in private interviews along the way.
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Vipassana: Addictions & Health |
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| A collection of eighteen papers given at a seminar at Dhamma Giri, Igatpuri, India addressing the theme of how Vipassana meditation helps with the problem of addiction.
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Vipassana: Its Relevance to the Present World |
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| A thorough exposition of the technique of Vipassana and its relevance to social change, given by S.N. Goenka at the inaugural session of a seminar at the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. Goenkaji describes how Vipassana helped masses of people at the time of the Indian Emperor Asoka, and how it is helping practitioners today, including the inmates of Tihar Jail. This public talk will be interesting to non-meditators as well as those who practice Vipassana.
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A. Berriedale Keith |
Buddhist Philosophy in India and Ceylon |
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| This book deals with almost every aspect of Buddhist Philosophy from Personality to doctrine of the Buddha, fundamental character, nature and spirit of philosophy, doctrine of causation and the path of salvation, the Saint and the Buddha to the School of Hinayana, the philosophy of consciousness and the origin, the development of Buddhisations and Buddhas.
The book covers the subject of Buddhism thoroughly in a manner which makes it interesting to read and easy to understand. A special care... |
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A. Foucher |
The Life of the Buddha |
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| Like many other great religions of the world, Buddhism arose from the teachings of one man: in this case, Prince Siddhartha of Kapilavastu, later called Sakyamuni or Gautama.
This book, turning to Buddhist scriptures and artistic monuments for its sources, presents the story of his life, so nearly as the facts can be determined, in a judicious, straightforward narrative designed for western readers. While it does not accept the pious myths and supernatural events as necessarily true, and does... |
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A.K. Chatterjee |
The Yogacara Idealism |
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| In this book an attempt has been made to expound the metaphysics of the Yogacara school of Buddhism in all its aspects and bearings.
Chapters are devoted to a critical and constructive discussion of its idealistic core as well as its spiritual discipline. According to Prof. T.R.V. Murti who occupied a conspicuous place in the galaxy of Indian philosophers, the author has utilised nearly all the sources available on the subject and has given a faithful and persuasive account of this system of... |
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A.K. Warder |
Indian Buddhism |
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| This book describes the Buddhism of India on the basis of the comparison f all the available original sources in various languages. It falls into three approximately equal parts. The first is a reconstruction of the original Buddhism presupposed by the traditions of the different schools known to us. it uses primarily the established methods of textual criticism, drawing out of the oldest extant texts of the different schools their common kernel. The kernel of doctrine is presumbly common... |
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Acharya S N Goenka |
Was The Buddha A Pessimist? |
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| This book addresses a misunderstanding from the philosophical point of view, that has arisen from time to time, about the First Noble Truth. In this succinct essay Vipassana Acharya S N Goenka both untangles this philosophical confusion and also explains that the teachings can only be appreciated at the direct experiential rather than the intellectual level. Understood in these lights the teachings of the Buddha shine out as teachings of real happiness.
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Acri, Andrea |
Dharma Patanjala a Saiva Scripture from Ancient Java, Studied in the Light of Related Old Javanese and Sanskrit Texts |
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| The book presents a thoroughly revised edition, English translation, and study of the Dharma Patanjala, an Old Javanese-Sanskrit Saiva scripture transmitted through a single palm-leaf codex of West Javanese origin dating back to the 15th century AD. The cultural and doctrinal background of the text, as well as its codicological and philological aspects, are introduced in Part I. Part II presents an annotated diplomatic edition of the text with facsimile reproductions of the codex on... |
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Adrian Snodgrass |
Symbolism of the Stupa |
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| In his preface to The Symbolism of the Stupa Prof. Craig Reynolds writes "The stupa is a symbolic form that pullulates throghout South Southeast and East Asia. In its Indian manifestations it is an extreme case in terms of architectural function: it has no usablehas a basic simplicity. In this state of the art` studt Adrian Snodrass reads the stupa as a cultural artifact. The mounment concretizes metaphyswical principles and generates multivalent meanings in ways that can be articulated with... |
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Akhtar Malik |
A Survey of Buddhist Temples and Monasteries |
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| A history of Buddhist Architecture is a task for the future; may we some day have the pleasure of welcoming a systematic treatise upon the subject. Nothing guarantees us that in its beginnings the Architecture shall be found on a level with the doctrine, or that it shall follow a parallel course, or again that it shall develop with a proportional rapidity. The foundation of Buddhism in our sub-continent is an historic phenomenon. Based on truth, purity of life, non-possession and... |
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Akshoy k. Majumdar |
The Hindu History |
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| The Hindu History by Akshoy k. Majumdar forms part of the indispensable canon of works on the chronological growth of Hinduism and the Indian nation. Written in early 20th century, it is a classic which traces the origin and development of Hindustan from 3000 BC to 1200 AD. The book begins with the Aryan invasion of India and takes us on an engaging journey through the rise of new dynasties and kingdoms followed by the advent of foreign rule in India. Religion and Philosophy have always been... |
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Alaka Chattopadhaya/Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya |
Taranatha's History of Buddhism in India |
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| Writers on the political history of India find themselves obliged to take note of Taranatha's History, no less than those writing the history of Indian literature and Indian logic, not to speak of the investigators of the history of Buddhism itself.This English Translation of Taranatha's History of Buddhism in India belongs, indeed to the class of finest translations of Tibetan works in English. The age-old tradition of Tibetan translation of treaties with one Pandit of the source language and... |
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Alan Trevithick |
The Revival of Buddhist Pilgrimage at Bodh Gaya (1811-1949) |
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| Alan Trevithick spent three years researching primary documents in New Delhi, Sarnath, Colombo, and London, in order to present this history (1874-1949) of the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya.
This is the first such account, and it details for the first time the administrative, legal and legislative activities which shaped the temple's current status as one of the world's most popular pilgrimage sites.
Also included is an innovative biographical essay on Anagarika Dharmapala, the... |
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Alex Wayman |
Calming the Mind and Discerning the Real |
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| In 1402 Tson-kha-pa, the founder of the Gelupa sect of
Tibetan Buddhism, completed ' Lam Rim Chenmo.'
Lama Tson-kha-pa's famous Lam Rim Chenmo is perhaps the most elaborate and elegant presentation of the Buddhist path and is one of the most renowned Tibetan Buddhist classics. The work falls into the Lam-rim genre which stemmed from the Kadampa school of Tibetan Buddhism. Its main structure is based on the division of three levels of spiritual beings, which Atisha puts forth in The Lamp for... |
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Alex Wayman |
The Buddhist Tantras |
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| The book, volume 9 of the Buddhist Tradition series, places the position of the Buddhist Tantras within Mahayana Buddhism and recalls their early literary history. It discusses the foundations of Buddhist Tantras and rarely available Special Studies; female energy and symbolism a correlation between the tantric portions of the Kanjur and the Tanjur. This book has been divided into four sections. Part One: The Introduction places the position of the Buddhist Tantras within Mahayana... |
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Alex Wayman, George Elder |
Buddhist Insight |
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| The present volume selcts twenty-four of Prof. Wayman's published research papers around the topic of Buddhist Insight, and includes only strong, well developed papers consistent with the topic. Students of Buddhism and general Indian religion will find here a rich offering of genuine research with the best of sources and Wayman's own thoughtful presentations and original organization of the information. The papers begin with "Buddha as Savior" among the latest and end with the... |
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Arthur Lillie |
Buddha and Buddhism |
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| Contents of the Book:
Introductory
Religion of the Rishi; Buddha
"Wisdom of the other bank"
Parables
After Buddha's death
King Asoka
Pyrrho-Buddha
Apostles of the bloodless altar
More coincidences
Rites
Buddha in Norway and America
Conclusion and glossary.
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Arthur Lillie |
The Popular Life of Buddha |
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| - Containing an Answer to the Hibbert Lectures of 1881. The Hibbert Lectures are an annual series of non-sectarian lectures on theological issues. They are sponsored by the Hibbert Trust, which was founded in 1847 by the Unitarian Robert Hibbert with a goal to uphold "the unfettered exercise of private judgement in matters of religion.". The Hibbert Lectures of 1881 were centred on the origin and growth of religion, particularly of the place of Buddhism in the development of religious... |
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Arundhathi Subramaniam |
The Book of Buddha |
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| Around 2500 year ago a thirty-five-year-old man named Siddhartha had a mystical insight under a peepul tree in north-eastern India, in a place now revered as Bodhgaya. Today, more than 300 million people across the globe consider themselves beneficiaries of Gautama Buddha insight, and believe that it has irrevocably marked their spiritual commitment and identity. Who was this man who still remains such a vitall figure for the modern-day questor ? How did he arrive at the realization that... |
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