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Here is a work that aims at presenting 'different ideas and conceptions' which are 'found in Pali writings'. In the works of Henry Clarke Warren, the author of the volume: 'Translation has been the means employed as being the most effectual…The selections of the first chapter are on the Buddha; next follow those which deal chiefly with the Doctrine; while others concerning the Order and secular life constitute the closing chapter of the book.' The uniqueness of ...
Christianity teaches salvation by faith; while Buddhism places its greatest reliance in meditation. And it is not strange that the methods of the two religions should be so different, when we consider the very different meanings attached by Buddhists and Christian to the word ‘salvation.’- the latter wishing to be saved from sin and hell, the former from karma and rebirth. The meditations of the Buddhists were not simple reflections on abstract subjects, but ...
Visuddhimagga or "The Path to Complete Purification" is a great work, " a mine of historic interest" in the words of Mrs Rhys-Davids, by the well-known fourth century stalwart Buddhaghosa who has in this work faithfully preserved ancient Buddhist traditions and who "enjoys a well-merited reputation among the Buddhist of Ceylon, Burma and Saim". The present edition of the Visuddhimagga is based chiefly on four manuscripts belonging ...
Lord Buddha’s teachings have a great importance today for the common people to live in peace and to maintain brotherhood in the society. The aim of the present work is to take different ideas and conceptions found in Pali writings and present them to the reader in English. The work also contains original Pali texts along with its translations. The book is divided into five chapters and more than one hundred sections. The selections of the first chapter ...