9788178243252 - Nivedan: The Autobiography of Dharmanand Kosambi von Meera Kosambi (ed.) (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. xii + 192 Illus.

pbk. Contents Preface Introduction A narrative Nivedan 1912-1924 1 Childhood memories 2 Youth 3 General conditions 4 Renouncing my homeland 5 Diary and notes 6 Sojourn in Punya pattan 7 From Pune to Gwalior 8 Pilgrimage to Kashi 9 Sojourn in Kashi 10 Journey to Nepal 11 From Nepal to Ceylon 12 Vidyodaya Vidyalaya 13 Madras and Burma 14 Pilgrimage to Buddhist Holy places 15 Burma again 16 Transformation 17 Patronage of Shrimant Gaikwad Maharaj 18 A passage to America References The autobiography of Dharmanand Kosambi 1876-1947 pioneering scholar of Pali and Buddhist studies is one of the most moving and spellbinding life stories ever writtenBorn in rural Goa Dharmanand came under the spell of the Buddhas teachings during his adolescence At an early age he set off on a remarkable journey of austere self-education across the length and breadth of Britiains Indian Empire halting at places connected with Buddhism He went to Sri Lanka to master Pali lived in a Burmese cave as a bhikshu and even reached Nepal and Sikkim after arduous sometimes barefoot treks Over these itinerant years Dharmanand acquired such mastery of the Buddhist canon that he taught and researched at Calcutta Baroda Harvard and Leningrad Dharmanand blended Buddhist ethics Gandhis philosophy and the ideals of socialism He exchanged letters with the Mahatma worked for his causes and died in the approved BuddhistJain manner by voluntary starvation at Sevagram Ashram No Indian scholars life seems as exemplary as Dharmanands or has approximated as closely to the nobility and saintliness of the Mahatmas 192 pp.