Tibetan Buddhism

Emil Schlagintweit

• Publisher: Books on Demand
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9783748101123
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

THE religious systems of all ages--paganism in its rudest form perhaps excepted--have undergone changes and modifications which, if not materially affecting their principles, have at least exercised a certain influence upon their development. Buddhism may be considered a remarkable illustration of this; for not only have the rites suffered notable changes, but even the dogmas themselves have, in the course of time, become much altered. Although plain and simple in the earlier stages of its existence, it was in time greatly modified by the successive introduction of new doctrines, laws, and rites; so-called reformers arose, who assembled around them a greater or less number of followers; and these by degrees formed schools, which by-and-by developed into sects. The present work has for its object the description of Buddhism as we now find it in Tibet, after an existence in this country of upwards of twelve centuries.

Table of contents

• Tibetan Buddhism
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER I SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF SÂKYAMUNI, THE FOUNDER OF BUDDHISM
• CHAPTER II GRADUAL RISE AND PRESENT AREA OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION
• CHAPTER III THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM OF SÂKYAMUNI
• CHAPTER IV THE HÎNAYÂNA SYSTEM
• CHAPTER V THE MAHÂYÂNA SYSTEMS
• CHAPTER VI THE SYSTEM OF MYSTICISM
• CHAPTER VII HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF BUDDHISM INTO TÍBET
• CHAPTER VIII THE SACRED LITERATURE
• CHAPTER IX VIEWS ON METEMPSYCHOSIS
• CHAPTER X. DETAILS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE RELIGION OF THE PEOPLE.
• CHAPTER XI TRANSLATION OF AN ADDRESS TO THE BUDDHAS OF CONFESSION
• CHAPTER XII THE TIBETAN PRIESTHOOD
• CHAPTER XII RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS
• CHAPTER XIV REPRESENTATIONS OF BUDDHIST DEITIES
• CHAPTER XV WORSHIP OF THE DEITIES, AND RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES
• Copyright