Buddhism: In its Connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism and in its Contrast with Christianity

Monier Monier-Williams

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511706912

Buddhism

In its Connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism and in its Contrast with Christianity

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Monier Monier-Williams, University of Oxford

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: August 2010
Print publication year:: 2010
First published in:: 1889
Online ISBN:: 9780511706912
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511706912

Subjects:: Buddhism and Eastern Religions, Religion, Philosophy, Religion: General Interest, Non-Western Philosophy
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Religion

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This book derives from a series of lectures given in 1888 by Monier Monier-Williams, who was Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford for over 30 years and whose work broke new ground in the Western understanding of Buddhism and other South Asian religions. This substantial historical survey of Buddhism begins with an account of the Buddha and his earliest teaching, as well as a brief description of the origin and composition of the scriptures containing the Buddha's law (Dharma). Monier-Williams explains the early constitution of the Buddha's order of monks (Sangha), and outlines the philosophical doctrines of Buddhism together with its code of morality and theory of perfection, culminating in Nirvana. He also describes formal and popular rituals and practices, and sacred places and objects. The book is an example of Victorian Orientalist scholarship which remains of interest to historians of religious studies, Orientalism, and the British Empire.

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In its Connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism and in its Contrast with Christianity

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Preface
pp v-xiv

Postscript on the common error in regard to the comparative prevalence of Buddhism in the world
pp xiv-xviii

Contents
pp xix-xxviii

List of Illustrations
pp xxix-xxx

Rules for Pronunciation
pp xxxi-xxxi

Pronunciation of Buddha, etc. Addenda and Corrigenda
pp xxxii-xxxii

LECTURE I - INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS
pp 1-17

LECTURE II - THE BUDDHA AS A PERSONAL TEACHER
pp 18-52

LECTURE III - THE DHARMA OR LAW AND SCRIPTURES OF BUDDHISM
pp 53-70

LECTURE IV - THE SAṄGHA OR BUDDHIST ORDER OF MONKS
pp 71-92

LECTURE V - THE PHILOSOPHICAL DOCTRINES OF BUDDHISM
pp 93-122

LECTURE VI - THE MORALITY OF BUDDHISM AND ITS CHIEF AIM—ARHATSHIP OR NIRVĀṆA
pp 123-146

LECTURE VII - CHANGES IN BUDDHISM AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE FROM INDIA
pp 147-171

LECTURE VIII - RISE OF THEISTIC AND POLYTHEISTIC BUDDHISM
pp 172-194

LECTURE IX - THEISTIC AND POLYTHEISTIC BUDDHISM
pp 195-222

LECTURE X - MYSTRICAL BUDDHISM IN ITS CONNEXION WITH THE YOGA PHILOSOPHY
pp 223-252

LECTURE XI - HIERARCHICAL BUDDHISM, ESPECIALLY AS DEVELOPED IN TIRET AND MONGOLIA
pp 253-302

LECTURE XII - CEREMONIAL AND RITUALISTIC BUDDHISM
pp 303-339

LECTURE XIII - FESTIVALS, DOMESTIC RITES, AND FORMULARIES OF PRAYERS
pp 340-386

LECTURE XIV - SACRED PLACES
pp 387-425

LECTURE XV - MONASTERIES AND TEMPLES
pp 426-464

LECTURE XVI - IMAGES AND IDOLS
pp 465-492

LECTURE XVII - SACRED OBJECTS
pp 493-528

SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS ON THE CONNEXION OF BUDDHISM WITH JAINISM
pp 529-536

LECTURE XVIII - BUDDHISM CONTRASTED WITH CHRISTIANITY
pp 537-563

OBSERVE
pp 564-564

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