Sital prasad (2 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. Contents: Introduction. List of works consulted. 1. Nirvana, Moksha or liberation. 2. Existence of the soul. 3. The path of Nirvana or liberation.4. Karmas and their fruits. 5. Ahimsa. 6. Why Jainism and Buddhism are the same? "Jainism is older than Buddhism. Vardhaman Mahavira, the last Tirthankara of the Jainas was the contemporary of Gautama Buddha. The sects organised by the two leaders flourished for centuries together, before and after the Christian era. Although there were differences in the conduct of their monks in as much as the Jaina saints remained naked and the Buddhist monks wore cloths, there were closer resemblances between the two. "This book on Jaino-Buddhist religion places stress on the common factors on the religious life of the Jaina and Buddhists. On comparing the literature of both, the writer has come to the conclusion that coming in close association each sect has either borrowed from the other or both have derived material from common source. The work is an analytical account of Jainism and Buddhism. It is full of references. The author has exploited all the relevant material in discussing the subject. He has tried to show similarities between old Jainism and old Buddhism and prove that both were one and same at their base; that the old Buddhism was nothing but old Jainism and that Gautama Buddha must have preached the same philosophy that was preached by old Jainism. He has shown that the nature of Nirvana and its path as found in Buddhist Pali books are not different from the nature of Nirvana and its path as given in old Jaina 304 pp.…

Contents Introduction 1 Nirvana Moksa or liberation 2 Existence of the soul 3 The path of Nirvana or liberation 4 Karmas and their fruits 5 Ahimsa 6 Why Jainism and Buddhism are the same Although the Jains acknowledge one philosophy there have now been two divisions among them Digambar and Svetambar similarly the Buddhist order was established separate from the Jain order on allowing clothes to monks by Goutama Buddha even at the time of Lord Mahavira ie bfore Mahavira began to preach in his age of 42 when he became arhat and omniscient At the time of Mahavira there appears to have existed some rivalry between them which is proved from some Buddhist sutras which do not speak favourably of some Jain views; although this unfavourable description will be found to be incorrect when Jain literature is consulted properly and compared with the Buddhist sayings I give below the names of some of the sutras in which Mahavira has been spoken of as Nigantha Nataputta These are the instances of rivalry which existed between the Jains and the Buddhists at least at the time when the Buddhist literature was compiled in the first century AD in Ceylon jacket 203 pp.…