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Buddhist precept and practice: Traditional Buddhism in the rural highlands of Ceylon/ Richard F Gombrich

By: Gombrich, Richard F Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1991Edition: 2nd ed. with minor correctionsDescription: 427 pISBN: 8120807804 Subject(s): Buddhism -- Customs and practices -- History -- Sri Lanka | Buddhism -- History -- Sri LankaDDC classification: 294.344

Contents:

1. Sinhalese Buddhism—Orthodox or Syncretistic? 2. The Basic Vocabulary of Buddhism 3. The Buddha I. The Buddha's Biography II. The Buddha as worshipped: Man or God? 4. A Sketch of the Universe as seen from Mlgala 1. Causation II. The Contents of the Universe III. Attempts to influence non-human Beings IV. Summary 5. Total Responsibility in Theory and Practice 6. The Ethics of Intention 7. The Monastic Ideal and the Decline of Buddhism 8. Caste in the Monastery

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	294.344 GOM/B (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P13110

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1. Sinhalese Buddhism—Orthodox or Syncretistic?
2. The Basic Vocabulary of Buddhism
3. The Buddha
I. The Buddha's Biography
II. The Buddha as worshipped: Man or God?
4. A Sketch of the Universe as seen from Mlgala
1. Causation
II. The Contents of the Universe
III. Attempts to influence non-human Beings
IV. Summary
5. Total Responsibility in Theory and Practice
6. The Ethics of Intention
7. The Monastic Ideal and the Decline of Buddhism
8. Caste in the Monastery

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