Buddhist texts were initially passed on orally by monks, but were later written down and composed as manuscripts in various Indo-Aryan languages which were then translated into other local languages as Buddhism spread. They can be categorized in a number of ways. The Western terms scripture and canonical are applied to Buddhism in inconsistent ways by Western scholars: for example, one authority refers to scriptures and other canonical texts, while another says that scriptures can be categorized into canonical, commentarial, and pseudo-canonical. Buddhist traditions have generally divided these texts with their own categories and divisions, such as that between buddhavacana word of the Buddha, many of which are known as sutras, and other texts, such as shastras (treatises) or Abhidharma. Buddhism came to China in the 1st century C.E.. The development of Buddhism in China and the recording of the teaching as the Chinese Canon is one of the great achievement s of human civilization. The Sanskrit texts of different traditions were taken to China and the translation of the texts into Chinese went on from 200 C.E. to about 1200 C.E.. At first non-Chinese, and later Chinese monks, working individually and in teams, carried on the translation work. State translation projects were established. Original Chinese Sutra were added. This book contains the fundamental and basic information of subject and the selection of contents makes it an appropriate textbook for the students.
Dr. Lalit V. Mishra is M.A. and Ph.D., possesses command order the subject to which he pertains to. He has attained many seminars and conferences. He has also edited several books and published articles.
Introduction • Mahayana Texts; Vajrayana Texts; Canonical Texts; Noncanonical Texts; Texts of the Early Schools; Abhidharma • Buddhism in Pali Texts Take a Class; Buddhists Vegetarian; Relationship between “Dana” and “Fundraising”; Pali Text Society • The Abhidharma Methodology; The Form and Formless Spheres; Abhidharma in Daily Life; Analysis of Consciousness • Theravada Praxis; Ordination; History: Origin of the School; Philosophy • The Pali Canon • Suttanipata; Paracanonical or semicanonical works; The Canon in the Tradition; Contents of the Canon; Anguttara Nikaya • Satipatthana Sutta The Sutta Pitaka; The Contemplation of the Body; The Nine Cemetery Contemplations; The Contemplation of Mental Objects • Right Livelihood for a Bhikkhu Teaching Dhamma; Miscellaneous • The Buddhist Teaching Samsara and Nirvana; The First Converts; The Brahma's Request; Founding the Kingdom; The Sangha or Community; Kassapa, the Fire-worshipper; The Sermon at Rajagaha; The King's Gift; Sariputta and Moggallana; Anathapindika, The Man of Wealth; Truth, The Saviour; The Bodhisattvas Renunciation; King Bimbisara; The Bodhisattva's Search • An Anthology of Buddhist Texts The Nutriment Edible Food; The Nutriment Sense-Impression; Edible Food; Volitional Thought • Aspects of Anatta Extracts from the Samyutta-nikaya Dealing with Not-self; The Advantages of Realizing the Doctrine of Anatta; The Spell of Narcissism and the Anatta Doctrine • Buddhist Logic Dharmakîrti: Death of the Trairûpya Doctrine; Amitabha; Bodhisattva; Nomenclature, Orthography and Etymology • Basic Buddhist Philosophical Doctrines The Four Noble Truths in Buddhism; The Buddhist Doctrine of No-Self • Bibliography • Index
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