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The Twilight Language: Explorations in Buddhist Meditation and Symbolism

Politics & Social Sciences

Stuart-Fox, Martin

Bucknell, Roderick S.

Social Sciences

St Martins Pr

<p>Buddhist origins and discussion of the Buddha's teachings are amongst the most controversial and contested areas in the field. This bold and authoritative book tackles head-on some of the key questions regarding early Buddhism and its primary canon of precepts. Noting that the earliest texts in Pali, Sanskrit and Chinese belong to different Buddhist schools, Roderick S. Bucknell addresses the development of these writings during the period of oral transmission between the Buddha's death and their initial redaction in the first century BCE. A meticulous comparative analysis reveals the likely original path of meditative practice applied and taught by Gautama. Fresh perspectives now emerge on both the Buddha himself and his Enlightenment. Drawing on his own years of meditative experience as a Buddhist monk, the author offers here remarkable new interpretations of advanced practices of meditation, as well as of Buddhism itself. It is a landmark work in Buddhist Studies.</p>

Reconstructing Early Buddhism

Religion & Spirituality

Buddhism

Cambridge University Press

<p>This dictionary collects 20000 entries on 308 subjects related to people's daily life, including food, clothing, shelter and transportation-basic necessities of life, as well as social customs, Chinese culture, industry, agriculture, commerce, politics, law, etc. About 10000 illustrations are provided.</p>

Longman Chinese-English Visual Dictionary of Chinese Culture (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition)

Reference

Mu, Yang

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Sinolingua

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