The Gospel of Buddha

Paul Carus

• Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN: 9783849622527
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Buddhism

This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of BuddhismThe best evidence that this book characterizes the spirit of Buddhism correctly can be found in the welcome it has received throughout the entire Buddhist world. It has even been officially introduced in Buddhist schools and temples of Japan and Ceylon. The eminent feature of the work is its grasp of the difficult subject and the clear enunciation of the doctrine of the most puzzling problem of tman, as taught in Buddhism. So far as we have examined the question of tman ourselves from the works of the Southern canon, the view taken by Dr. Paul Cams is accurate, and we venture to think that it is not opposed to the doctrine of Northern Buddhism.

The Gospel Of Buddha

Paul Carus

Contents:

Buddhism

The Gospel Of Buddha

Preface.

Pronunciation.

Introduction.

Rejoice!

Samsāra And Nirvāna.

Truth The Saviour.

Prince Siddhattha Becomes Buddha

The Bodhisatta's Birth

The Ties Of Life.

The Three Woes.

The Bodhisatta's Renunciation.

King Bimbisāra.

The Bodhisatta's Search.

Uruvelā, The Place Of Mortification.

Māra The Evil One.

Enlightenment.

The First Converts.

Brahmās Request.

The Foundation Of The Kingdom Of Righteousness.

Upaka.

The Sermon At Benares.

The Sangha.

Yasa, The Youth Of Benares.

Kassapa.

The Sermon At Rājagaha.

The King's Gift.

Sāriputta And Moggallāna.

Anāthapindika.

The Sermon On Charity.

Jetavana.

The Three Characteristics And The Uncreate.

The Buddha's Father.

Yasodharā.

Rāhula.

Consolidation Of The Buddha's Religion.

Jīvaka, The Physician.

The Buddha's Parents Attain Nirvāna.

Women Admitted To The Sangha.

The Bhikkhus' Conduct Toward Women.

Visākhā.

The Uposatha And Pātimokkha.

The Schism.

The Re-Establishment Of Concord.

The Bhikkhus Rebuked.

Devadatta.

Name And Form.

The Goal.

Miracles Forbidden.

The Vanity Of Worldliness.

Secrecy And Publicity.

The Annihilation Of Suffering.

Avoiding The Ten Evils.

The Preacher's Mission.

The Teacher.

The Dhammapada.

The Two Brahmans.

Guard The Six Quarters.

Simha's Question Concerning Annihilation.

All Existence Is Spiritual.

Identity And Non-Identity.

The Buddha Omnipresent.

One Essence, One Law, One Aim.

The Lesson Given To Rāhula.

The Sermon On Abuse.

The Buddha Replies To The Deva.

Words Of Instruction.

Amitābha.

The Teacher Unknown.

Parables And Stories.

Parables.

The Widow's Two Mites And The Parable Of The Three Merchants.

The Man Born Blind.

The Lost Son.

The Giddy Fish.

The Cruel Crane Outwitted.

Four Kinds Of Merit.

The Light Of The World.

Luxurious Living.

The Communication Of Bliss.

The Listless Fool.

Rescue In The Desert.

The Sower.

The Outcast.

The Woman At The Well.

The Peacemaker.

The Hungry Dog.

The Despot.

Vāsavadattā.

The Marriage-Feast In Jambūnada.

A Party In Search Of A Thief.

In The Realm Of Yamarāja.

The Mustard Seed.

Following The Master Over The Stream.

The Sick Bhikkhu.

The Patient Elephant.

The Last Days.

The Conditions Of Welfare.

Sāriputta's Faith.

Pātaliputta.

The Mirror Of Truth.

Ambapālī.

The Buddha's Farewell Address.

The Buddha Announces His Death.

Chunda, The Smith.

Metteyya.

The Buddha's Final Entering Into Nirvāna.

Conclusion.

The Three Personalities Of The Buddha.

The Purpose Of Being.

The Praise Of All The Buddhas.

Table Of Reference.

Abbreviations In The Table Of Reference.

Glossary Of Names And Terms.

Remarks On The Illustrations Of The Gospel Of Buddha.

The Gospel of Buddha , P. Carus

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BUDDHISM

The religion held by the followers of the Buddha, and covering a large area in India and east and central Asia.

Essential Doctrines.—We are fortunate in having preserved for us the official report of the Buddha's discourse, in which he expounded what he considered the main features of his system to the five men he first tried to win over to his new-found faith. There is no reason to doubt its substantial accuracy, not as to words, but as to purport. In any case it is what the compilers of the oldest extant documents believed their teacher to have regarded as the most important points in his teaching. Such a summary must be better than any that could now be made. It is incorporated into two divisions of their sacred books, first among the suttas containing the doctrine, and again in the rules of the society or order he founded (Samyutta, v. 421 = Vinaya, i. 10). The gist of it, omitting a few repetitions, is as follows:—

"There are two aims which he who has given up the world ought not to follow after—devotion, on the one hand, to those things whose attractions depend upon the passions, a low and pagan ideal, fit only for the worldly-minded, ignoble, unprofitable, and the practice on the other hand of asceticism, which is painful, ignoble, unprofitable. There is a Middle Path discovered by the Tathāgata—a path which opens the eyes, and bestows understanding, which leads to peace, to insight, to the higher wisdom, to Nirvāna. Verily! it is this Noble Eightfold Path; that is to say, Right Views, Right Aspirations, Right Speech, Right Conduct, Right Mode of Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Rapture.

"Now this is the Noble Truth as to suffering. Birth is attended with pain, decay is painful, disease is painful, death is painful. Union with the unpleasant is painful, painful is separation from the pleasant; and any craving unsatisfied, that too is painful. In brief, the five aggregates of clinging (that is, the conditions of individuality) are painful.

"Now this is the Noble Truth as to the origin of suffering. Verily! it is the craving thirst that causes the renewal of becomings, that is accompanied by sensual delights, and seeks satisfaction now here, now there—that is to say, the craving for the gratification of the senses, or the craving for a future life, or the craving for prosperity.

"Now this is the Noble Truth as to the passing away of pain. Verily! it is the passing away so that no passion remains, the giving up, the getting rid of, the being emancipated from, the harbouring no longer of this craving thirst.

"Now this is the Noble Truth as to the way that leads to the passing away of pain. Verily! it ...

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