AMITABHA - A Story Of Buddhist Theology E-Book

Paul Carus

• Herausgeber: Youcanprint
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

This is a short story set in the first century CE during the height of Buddhism in India. Carus uses the story as a frame to discuss Buddhist concepts of God, non-violence and religious tolerance.

Leseprobe

CONTENTS

THE ORDINATION

THE NOVICE

THE GOD PROBLEM

KEVADDHA'S STORY

THE CONFESSION

GANDHARA

KING KANISHKA

MAGADHA

ACVAGHOSHA

AMITABHA

THE CONSPIRACY

THE MAN-EATING TIGER

THE BUDDHIST ABBOT AND THE BRAHMAN

THE PARABLE OF THE ELEPHANT

THE DOUBLE WEDDING

AMITABHA

A STORY OF BUDDHIST THEOLOGY

By

PAUL CARUS

MANIFESTING HIMSELF EVERYWHERE THE BUDDHA OF BLISS IS INFINITE,

BOUNDLESS, LIMITLESS, UNCEASING, AND OF A SPIRITUAL NATURE.

(AÇVAGHOSHA IN HIS "DISCOURSE ON THE AWAKENING OF FAITH.")

1906

Amitabha, A Story Of Buddhist Theology by Paul Carus David De Angelis 2017 [all rights reserved]

THE ORDINATION 1

Soon after the time of Açoka, the great Buddhist emperor of the third century before Christ, India became the theater of protracted invasions and wars. Vigorous tribes from the North conquered the region of the upper Pan jab and founded several states, among which the Kingdom of Gandhâra became most powerful. Despoliations, epidemics, and famines visited the valley of the Ganges, but all these tribulations passed over the religious institutions without doing them any harm. Kings lost their crowns and the wealthy their riches, but the monks chanted their hymns in the selfsame way. Thus the storm breaks down mighty trees, but only bends the yielding reed.