A Manual of Buddhist Philosophy; Volume 1

William Montgomery McGovern

Franklin Classics Trade Press

22cm, Ilust., 13 PlatesDescription : The narrative of the authors secret journey to Lhasa in the years 1922-23. The route that the author took was via Sikkim, starting at Darjeeling. Passing through Gyantse and Shigatse he entered Lhasa undetected. The book, like all travel and descriptive book, does not miss to recount of relate all that the author passed through or experienced. The topography, the people, their habits and customs, the observations on the camp men, sundry officials are described in an amusing manner. The book has 13 photographs. The author was a lecturer in Chinese and Japanese at the School of Oriented Studies in London at the time of writing this book. This book is a reprint of the 1924 edition. 20th century - Twentieth centurySubject : Tibet China - Description and Travels Region : Tibet ; Asia; South-Asia Period : 1901-2000 AD; British Period

To Lhasa in Disguise

Travel

Asia

Laurier Books Ltd. /AES

Language: English Pages: 233 About the Book Buddhist is divided into two great schools, Mahayana and Hinayana. Both systems originated in India, but since the former predominates in China, Japan, Nepal and in a modified form, in Tibet and Mongolia, wile the latter is confined almost exclusively to Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, they are often, and rather incorrectly known as Northern and Southern Buddhism. Mahayana is again divided into unreformed and reformed branches, the unreformed branch being found all over eastern Asia, while the reformed branch has its center in Japan. Roughly, we may compare these divisions of Buddhism to those of the principal Occidental faiths. Hinayana, or the earlier and more primitive form of Buddhism, corresponds to Judaism; Unreformed Mahayana to Catholicism, and Reformed Mahayana to Protestantism. Present work puts forth the essentials of Mahayana philosophy, in a simple form, and presents a historical outline of the origin and development of Mahayanic ideas and practices. Contents INTRODUCTION: THE DOCTRINAL EVOLUTION OF BUDDHISM EPISTEMOLOGY AND LOGIC THE NATURE OF THE ABSOLUTE AND ITS RELATION TO THE UNIVERSE THE TRIKAYA - THE BUDDHIST DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY THE NATURE AND POWERS OF BUDDHAHOOD PSYCHOLOGY - ELEMENTS OF EXISTENCE THE WHEEL OF LIFE AND THE ROAD TO NIRVANA CONCLUSION: A SHORT HISTORY OF BUDDHISM AND THE PRINCIPAL BUDDHIST SECTS APPENDIX: THE SACRED LITERATURE OF THE BUDDHISTS Sample Page

An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism

Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

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