The Questions of King Milinda; Volume 2

T.W.Rhys Davids

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Buddhist Suttas Volume 11

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INTRODUCTION. THE work of which a translation is here, for the first time, presented to the English reading public, has had a strange and interesting history. vVritten in Northern India, at or a little after the beginning of the Christian era, and either in Sanskrit itself or in some North Indian Prakrit, it has been entirely lost in the land of its origin, and (so far as is at present known) is not extant in any of the homes of the various sects and schools of the Buddhists, except only in Ceylon, and in those countries which have derived their Buddhism from Ceylon. It is true that General Cunningham says 1 that the name of Milinda ' is still famous in a 11 Buddhist countries.' But he is here drawing a very wide conclusion from an isolated fact. For in his note he refers only to Hardy, who is good evidence for Ceylon, but who does not even say that the' Milinda > was known elsewhere. Preserved there, and translated at a very early date into Pali, it has become, inTable of Contents CONTENTS; PAGE; INTRODUCTION XI; The SiJJlhalese version of the llilinda XII; Buddbaghosa's four references to it xiv; lISS and edition of the text XVI; King lIiIinda the same as lIenander xviii; Notices of him in classical writers xix; His coins xx; His birthplace, Kalasi, probably = Karisi X X III; The author not the same as Nagargulla xxv; Passages in the Pi/akas referred to silently xxvii; Pali books, &c, referred to by name xxix; Pi/aka passages quoted XXXI; Length of the Pitakas xxxyi; Results of these comparisons XXXVIIl; Differences between our author and the Pitakas xl; Proper names outside the Pi/akas xliii; Differences of language between our author and the; Pi/akas xlv; The lIiIinda as a work of art xlviii; TRANSLATION OF THE TEXT; Book 1 The Secular Narrative; Description of Sagala 2; Previous births of lIilinda

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The remarkable fact is, that we have here set forth a view of religion entirely independent of the soul theories, on which all the various philosophies and religions then current in India were based; entirely free from the idolatries and superstitions of the day.... We are struck at once with the analogy between it and the ideals of the last pagan thinkers in Europe before the rise of Christianity, and of some of the most advanced thinkers to-day. And the similarity is no mere chance. -from "The Signs, the Path, and the Fetters" What firsthand sources of information do we have about the life of the Buddha? What are the stages of the Wheel of Life? How well do modes of Eastern and Western thought mesh? One of the late 19th century's foremost experts on sacred Buddhist texts offered this layman's introduction to India's great religious tradition in a series of popular lectures delivered in 1894-1895 at a variety of highly respected educational institutions, including Cornell University, Columbia College, and the Lowell Institute. Published in book form in 1896, the lectures cover: . Religious Theories in India Before Buddhism . Authorities on Which Our Knowledge of Buddhism Is Based . Notes on the Life of the Buddha . The Secret of Buddhism . Some Notes on the History of Buddhism Lucid and informative, this remains an excellent primer on Buddhistic beliefs and practices. British scholar THOMAS WILLIAM RHYS DAVIDS (1843-1922) was an expert in the ancient Indian language Pali and served as professor of Pali at the University of London from 1882 to 1904. He wrote numerous articles about and published many translations of sacred Buddhist texts.

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