Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications
Language: Engish
Total Pages: 494
Available in: Hardbound
Regular price
Rs. 1,400.00
Description
The present book is an account of origin, laws, discipline, sacred writings, mysterious rites, religious ceremonies of the Buddhist. The book deals with the Law and regulations of he Priesthood; Names and mendicancy; the diet; sleep; the tonsure; celibacy; poverty; residence; obedience; the exercise of discipline; miscellaneous regulation; the order of nunslthe sacred books; modes of worship, ceremonies and festivals; meditation; ascetic rites and supernatural powers; Niwana: its paths and fruition; the modern priesthood; the voice of the past. In the end book contains as Index.
| Preface | v | |
| Chapter 1 | Gotama Buddha | 1 |
| Chapter 2 | The Law and Regulations of the Priesthood | 7 |
| Chapter 3 | Names and Titles | 11 |
| Chapter 4 | The Noviciate | 19 |
| Chapter 5 | Ordination | 48 |
| Chapter 6 | Celibacy | 52 |
| Chapter 7 | Poverty | 68 |
| Chapter 8 | Mendicancy | 77 |
| Chapter 9 | The Diet | 101 |
| Chapter 10 | Sleep | 117 |
| Chapter 11 | The Tonsure | 121 |
| Chapter 12 | The Habit | 126 |
| Chapter 13 | The Residence | 144 |
| Chapter 14 | Obedience | 153 |
| Chapter 15 | The Exercise of Discipline | 160 |
| Chapter 16 | Miscellaneous Regulation | 165 |
| Chapter 17 | The Order of Nuns | 176 |
| Chapter 18 | The Sacred Books | 184 |
| Chapter 19 | Modes of Worship, Ceremonies and Festivals | 221 |
| Chapter 20 | Meditation | 270 |
| Chapter 21 | Ascetic Rites and Supernatural Powers | 281 |
| Chapter 22 | Nirwana: its Paths and Fruition | 312 |
| Chapter 23 | The Modern Priesthood | 343 |
| Chapter 24 | The Voice of the Past | 384 |
| Chapter 25 | The Prospects of the Future | 474 |
| Index and Glossary | 481 |