Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch. Volume 1

$230.00

Charles Eliot

Series: Religion and Spirituality
BISAC: REL032010, REL007010

The object of Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch is to trace the history and development of religion in India and elsewhere with occasional remarks on its latest phases. This book is an attempt to give a sketch of Indian thought or Indian religion—for the two terms are nearly equivalent in extent—and of its history and influence in Asia.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
Section I. INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. INFLUENCE OF INDIAN THOUGHT IN EASTERN ASIA
Chapter 2. ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF HINDUISM
Chapter 3. THE BUDDHA
Chapter 4. ASOKA
Chapter 5. EXTENSION OF BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM BEYOND INDIA
Chapter 6. NEW FORMS OF BUDDHISM
Chapter 7. REVIVAL OF HINDUISM
Chapter 8. LATER FORMS OF HINDUISM
Chapter 9. EUROPEAN INFLUENCE AND MODERN HINDUISM
Chapter 10. CHANGE AND PERMANENCE IN BUDDHISM
Chapter 11. REBIRTH AND THE NATURE OF THE SOUL
Chapter 12. REBIRTH AND THE NATURE OF THE SOUL (Continued)
Chapter 13. REBIRTH AND THE NATURE OF THE SOUL (Continued)
Chapter 14. EASTERN PESSIMISM AND RENUNCIATION
Chapter 15. EASTERN POLYTHEISM
Chapter 16. THE EXTRAVAGANCE OF HINDUISM
Chapter 17. THE HINDU AND BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES
Chapter 18. MORALITY AND WILL
Chapter 19. THE ORIGIN OF EVIL
Chapter 20. CHURCH AND STATE
Chapter 21. PUBLIC WORSHIP AND CEREMONIAL
Chapter 22. THE WORSHIP OF THE REPRODUCTIVE FORCES
Chapter 23. HINDUISM IN PRACTICE
Chapter 24. BUDDHISM IN PRACTICE
Chapter 25. INTEREST OF INDIAN THOUGHT FOR EUROPE

Section II. EARLY INDIAN RELIGION: A GENERAL VIEW
Chapter 26. RELIGIONS OF INDIA AND EASTERN ASIA
Chapter 27. HISTORICAL
Chapter 28. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIAN RELIGION
Chapter 29. VEDIC DEITIES AND SACRIFICES
Chapter 30. ASCETICISM AND KNOWLEDGE
Chapter 31. RELIGIOUS LIFE IN PRE-BUDDHIST INDIA
Chapter 32. THE JAINS

Section III. PALI BUDDHISM
Chapter 33. LIFE OF THE BUDDHA
Chapter 34. THE BUDDHA COMPARED WITH OTHER RELIGIOUS TEACHERS
Chapter 35. THE TEACHING OF THE BUDDHA
Chapter 36. MONKS AND LAYMEN
Chapter 37. ASOKA
Chapter 38. THE CANON
Chapter 39. MEDITATION
Chapter 40. MYTHOLOGY IN HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM
Index

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