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Buddhism
AN ONLINE INTRODUCTION
Charles S. Prebish
Damien Keown
3RD EDITION
THE EBOOK
Copyright © 2006 by Journal of Buddhist Ethics
Online Books, Ltd.
Buddhism—The Ebook, Third Edition. Charles S.
Prebish and Damien Keown.
ISBN 0-9747055-6-X (ebook)
Acknowledgments
“The Background to Buddhism,” “The Doctrine of
Meditation in the H�nay�na,” and “The Doctrine of
Meditation in the Mah�y�na” by Stephan V. Beyer,
from Charles S. Prebish (editor), Buddhism: A
Modern Perspective (University Park, Pennsylvania:
The Pennsylvania University Press, 1975), pp. 3-9,
137-147, and 148-158, are reproduced by per-
mission of the publisher.
Our thanks to Pragati Sahni for permission to use
material from her 2003 D.Phil thesis “Environmen-
tal Ethics in Early Buddhism” in chapter 12.
Table of Contents
Pronunciation Guide
Introduction
10
Sanskrit and P�li
11
Chinese
12
Japanese
12
Tibetan
13
Korean
13
The Background to Buddhism
The Indus Valley Civilization
14
The Indus Religion
15
The Indus Inheritance
16
The Vedic Culture
17
Vedic Literature
18
The Vedic Inheritance
20
The Age of the Wanderers
21
The Two Traditions
21
The Philosophical Problematic
23
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS
Chapter One: Karma and Cosmology
The Cosmos in Indian Thought
26
The Inhabitants of the Cosmos
28
The Six Realms of Rebirth
30
Karma
39
Merit
42
Western Perspectives
44
Chapter Two: The Buddha
The Buddha
50
The Buddha’s Birth
55
Renunciation
57
Austerities
61
Enlightenment
64
The First Sermon
68
The Buddha’s Last Days
71
Chapter Three: The Dharma
The Four Noble Truths
77
The First Noble Truth: Suffering
78
The Second Noble Truth: Arising
82
The Third Noble Truth: Cessation
87
The Fourth Noble Truth: The Path
90
Holy Persons
94
The Doctrine of “No Self”
96
The Five Aggregates
97
Chapter Four: The Sangha
The Sangha Deined
102
The Vinaya Pi�aka
105
Paracanonical Vinaya Literature
107
Pr�timok�a
107
Karmav�can�
108
Canonical Vinaya Literature
109
S�travibha�ga
109
Skandhaka
110
Appendices
111
Non-Canonical Vinaya Literature
112
The Laity
112
Important Disciples In The Early Sangha
113
Monks
113
Lay Disciples
115
Royal Patrons
115
Monastic Life
115
Geographic Dispersal Of The Sangha
117
ParT Two: DeVeLoPMeNT
Chapter Five: Buddhism in India
Developments After the Death of the Buddha
120
The Early Period
121
Early Councils and Schools
122
The Mauryan Empire and A�oka
127
The St�pa
131
Buddhist Art
134
The North West
136
Milinda’s Questions
137
Abhidharma
138
Vasubandhu
138
The Rise of the Mah�y�na
140
Tantra
141
Monastic Centers
144
Chapter Six: Mah�y�na
Introduction
150
Mah�y�na Literature
151
Prajñap�ramit�
151
Other Mah�y�na Literature
153
Mah�y�na Doctrines
156
Buddha Nature
157
Emptiness
157
Bodhisattva
158
P�ramit�
159
Karu��
160
Up�ya
161
Celestial Buddhas And Bodhisattvas
162
Mah�y�na Schools: M�dhyamika
165
The Founder: N�g�rjuna
166
The Basic Text: M�lam�dhyamika-k�rik�s
167
Major Doctrine: Emptiness
168
Mah�y�na Schools: Yog�c�ra
168
The Founders: Asa�ga and Vasubandhu
169
Major Doctrines: �layavijñ�na
171
Major Doctrines: Trik�ya
172
Mah�y�na Schools: Pure Land
173
Mah�y�na Logicians
174
Chapter Seven: Meditation
H�nay�na Introduction
178
The Practice of Calm
179
The Ancillary Techniques
180
The Trance Techniques
184
The Ten Devices
184
The Four Formless Realms
188
The Practice of Insight
189
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Buddhism
AN ONLINE INTRODUCTION
Charles S. Prebish
Damien Keown
3RD EDITION
THE EBOOK
Copyright © 2006 by Journal of Buddhist Ethics
Online Books, Ltd.
Buddhism—The Ebook, Third Edition. Charles S.
Prebish and Damien Keown.
ISBN 0-9747055-6-X (ebook)
Acknowledgments
“The Background to Buddhism,” “The Doctrine of
Meditation in the H�nay�na,” and “The Doctrine of
Meditation in the Mah�y�na” by Stephan V. Beyer,
from Charles S. Prebish (editor), Buddhism: A
Modern Perspective (University Park, Pennsylvania:
The Pennsylvania University Press, 1975), pp. 3-9,
137-147, and 148-158, are reproduced by per-
mission of the publisher.
Our thanks to Pragati Sahni for permission to use
material from her 2003 D.Phil thesis “Environmen-
tal Ethics in Early Buddhism” in chapter 12.
Table of Contents
Pronunciation Guide
Introduction
10
Sanskrit and P�li
11
Chinese
12
Japanese
12
Tibetan
13
Korean
13
The Background to Buddhism
The Indus Valley Civilization
14
The Indus Religion
15
The Indus Inheritance
16
The Vedic Culture
17
Vedic Literature
18
The Vedic Inheritance
20
The Age of the Wanderers
21
The Two Traditions
21
The Philosophical Problematic
23
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS
Chapter One: Karma and Cosmology
The Cosmos in Indian Thought
26
The Inhabitants of the Cosmos
28
The Six Realms of Rebirth
30
Karma
39
Merit
42
Western Perspectives
44
Chapter Two: The Buddha
The Buddha
50
The Buddha’s Birth
55
Renunciation
57
Austerities
61
Enlightenment
64
The First Sermon
68
The Buddha’s Last Days
71
Chapter Three: The Dharma
The Four Noble Truths
77
The First Noble Truth: Suffering
78
The Second Noble Truth: Arising
82
The Third Noble Truth: Cessation
87
The Fourth Noble Truth: The Path
90
Holy Persons
94
The Doctrine of “No Self”
96
The Five Aggregates
97
Chapter Four: The Sangha
The Sangha Deined
102
The Vinaya Pi�aka
105
Paracanonical Vinaya Literature
107
Pr�timok�a
107
Karmav�can�
108
Canonical Vinaya Literature
109
S�travibha�ga
109
Skandhaka
110
Appendices
111
Non-Canonical Vinaya Literature
112
The Laity
112
Important Disciples In The Early Sangha
113
Monks
113
Lay Disciples
115
Royal Patrons
115
Monastic Life
115
Geographic Dispersal Of The Sangha
117
ParT Two: DeVeLoPMeNT
Chapter Five: Buddhism in India
Developments After the Death of the Buddha
120
The Early Period
121
Early Councils and Schools
122
The Mauryan Empire and A�oka
127
The St�pa
131
Buddhist Art
134
The North West
136
Milinda’s Questions
137
Abhidharma
138
Vasubandhu
138
The Rise of the Mah�y�na
140
Tantra
141
Monastic Centers
144
Chapter Six: Mah�y�na
Introduction
150
Mah�y�na Literature
151
Prajñap�ramit�
151
Other Mah�y�na Literature
153
Mah�y�na Doctrines
156
Buddha Nature
157
Emptiness
157
Bodhisattva
158
P�ramit�
159
Karu��
160
Up�ya
161
Celestial Buddhas And Bodhisattvas
162
Mah�y�na Schools: M�dhyamika
165
The Founder: N�g�rjuna
166
The Basic Text: M�lam�dhyamika-k�rik�s
167
Major Doctrine: Emptiness
168
Mah�y�na Schools: Yog�c�ra
168
The Founders: Asa�ga and Vasubandhu
169
Major Doctrines: �layavijñ�na
171
Major Doctrines: Trik�ya
172
Mah�y�na Schools: Pure Land
173
Mah�y�na Logicians
174
Chapter Seven: Meditation
H�nay�na Introduction
178
The Practice of Calm
179
The Ancillary Techniques
180
The Trance Techniques
184
The Ten Devices
184
The Four Formless Realms
188
The Practice of Insight
189
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