Pradeep Kumar
31 books
All schools of Buddhism agree that becoming a Buddha is the highest possible accomplishment for any being. However this state of existence should not be confused with the concept of God as the general definition of the term God refers to one who rules and created the Universe a view which Buddha says is wrong view as Buddha taught that the universe was not created by any being and that all beings make their own choices. The root cause for what seems like the ...
Buddhism has had a strong philosophical component. Buddhism is founded on the rejection of certain orthodox philosophical concepts, in which the Buddha had been instructed by various teachers. Buddhism rejects atheism monism and dualism alike. The Buddha criticized all concepts of metaphysical being and non being and this critique is inextricable from the founding of Buddhism. Particular points of Buddhist philosophizing have often been the subject of disputes ...
The story of the Buddha's authorizing the Sangha to accept new members establishes the legitimacy of each new bhikkhu accepted in line with the prescribed pattern. The Sangha that has accepted him owes its status to an allowance coming from the Buddha, and his preceptor belongs to a lineage stretching back to the Buddha himself. In this way, the opening narratives establish the legitimacy of the Bhikkhu Sangha and of the training for the bhikkhus as embodied in ...
Man is man through language alone language is the index of the stages of the development of a society. English is said to be the worlds most important language having communicative and educative values. English has a status of associate language and it is the most commonly spoken language in India. English acts as an indispensable link language in terms of ethnic and linguistic diversity found within the country.
The book in hand is an attempt to provide ...
This book will fulfil long-felt need of students, veterinary professionals and clinicians as it has been designed to cover all the practical and clinical aspects of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics. This book has been prepared in a simple, lucid and concise manner.
Medicinal plants are an important subset of biodiversity which has lately emerged as a hot topic of discussions at various national and international fora. Medicinal plants have an unique significance for India and have remained a part of our cultural ethos from time immemorial. They meet the health needs of large sections of population, provide raw materials to various Indian systems of medicine and are an important source of livelihood to forest dwelling ...
The term 'dictionary' for layman means a reference book that consists of a list of words along with their meanings. And, when one talks of a dictionary, he or she is implicitly understood as referring to a dictionary of English words. But, unlike what our minds are tuned to think, a person who is talking about a dictionary might just be talking about a glossary of terms belonging to a particular subject. This is exactly where our series comes in the picture. The ...
The term 'dictionary' for layman means a reference book that consists of a list of words along with their meanings. And, when one talks of a dictionary, he or she is implicitly understood as referring to a dictionary of English words. But, unlike what our minds are tuned to think, a person who is talking about a dictionary might just be talking about a glossary of terms belonging to a particular subject. This is exactly where our series comes in the picture. The ...
The Icfai Dictionary of Software Engineering is addressed to students, teachers, practitioners and general readers who want to follow software engineering discussions in the class and elsewhere, or whose daily work demands some familiarity with terminology of Software Engineering functions like Requirement Analysis, Engineering, Analysis and Design, Software Testing, Software Quality, Software Metrics, Software Maintenance, Object Oriented Software Engineering ...