Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion : As Illustrated by Some Points in the History of Indian Buddhism /

This book was published under the Hibbert Lecture Series, 1881. The volume talks about Buddhism, its origins, and its development as a mainstream religion. The first lecture talks about philosophy during its emerging stage, and it is discussed in parallel to certain concepts which were prevalent bef...

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Main Author: Davids, T.W. Rhys (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2024.

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Call Number: DS1 .A4915

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • The Place of Buddhism in the Developement of Religious Thought /
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  • The Pāli Piṭakas /
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  • The Buddhist Theory of karma /
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  • Buddhist Lives of the Buddha /
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  • Gotama's Order /
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  • Later Forms of Buddhism /
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  • Speech in Parliament in 1530 on comparing Religions in order to discover Truth, referred to above, pp. 4-6 /
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  • Religious Liberty and Toleration as held by the early Buddhists /
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  • Pāli Text Society /
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  • Relere11oes to Re-birth as an Animal in the Pāli Suttas /
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  • Origen on Metempsychosis /
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  • Leibnitz and Lessing on Transmigration /
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  • On Souls going to the Moon /
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  • Plate on the Soul /
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  • Further Note on the word Piṭaka /
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  • Nirvāna /
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  • The Key-note of the "Great Vehicle" /
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  • Index /
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