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Buddha and the Spread of Buddhism in India and Abroad: Collection of Articles from the Indian Historical Quarterly / Mahendra & Mittal, P. (Comp.)
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Buddha and the Spread of Buddhism in India and Abroad: Collection of Articles from the Indian Historical Quarterly
Mahendra & Mittal, P. (Comp.)
 
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  Book ID : 1519
  ISBN-10 : 81-7536-289-8 / 8175362898
  ISBN-13 : 978-81-7536-289-5 / 9788175362895
  Place of Publication : Delhi
  Year of Publication : 2002
  Edition : (First Edition)
  Language : English
  With an Introduction by S.R. Bhatt; xxx, 373p., Abb., 23 cm. (Facets of Buddhist Thought and Culture, Vol.2)
   
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CONTENTS:-
1 Some Problems of Pre-Buddhist History and Chronology - H.C. Raychaudhuri
2. Studies in Early Buddhist Historiography - U.N. Ghoshal
3. 25th Centenary of the Buddha - Narendra Nath Law
4-14. Taranatha's History of Buddhism in India - U.N Ghoshal & N. Dutt
15. Newly discovered Asoka Edicts -
16. Remarks on the fourth Rock Edict of Asoka - Jarl Charpentier
17. Asoka's Rock Edicts I, VIII, IX and XI - M.M. Bose
18. Asoka's Minor Rock Edict: the Yerragudi Copy - B.M. Barua
19. Asoka's mission to Ceylon and some connected problems - Jyotirmay Sen
20-23. Notes on Asoka Rescripts - Sailendranath Mitra
24. Harsa: A Buddhist - Dasharatha Sharma
25. The Sea and Land Travels of a Buddhist Sadhu in the Sixteenth Century - Guiseppe Tucci
26. India's oversea Trade as known from the Buddhist canons - Madan Mohan Singh
27. Pre-Buddhistic Rajgir - Adris Banerji
28. Pataliputra: Its Importance in the History of Buddhism - Binayendranath Chaudhuri
29. Kashmir's Contribution of the Expansion of Buddhism in the Far East - Jan Yñn Hua
30. Hidden Traces of Buddhism in Assam - S.C. Goswami
31. Buddhism in Kamarupa - Nalini Nath Das Gupta
32. Buddhism in Kamarupa - Maheswar Neog
33. The Rise and Growth of Buddhism in Andhra - P.S. Sastri
34. Some Buddhist Thinkers of Andhra - P.S. Sastri
35. A Buddhist Inscription from Bodh-Gaya of the Reign of Jayaccandradeva--V.S. 124 x. - Niradbandhu Sanyal
36. Buddhism in the Classical Age - Sudha Sengupta
37. Buddhism in the Sunga Period - K.G. Goswami
38. Buddhism in South-East Asia - R.C. Majumdar
39. Outlines of the History of Buddhism in Indo-China - L. Finot
40. Outlines of the History of Buddhism in Indo-China - R.C. Majumdar
41. Buddhism in Ancient Kambujadesa - B.N. Puri
42. Eleven years of works on Buddhism in Europe - M. Lalou
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The origin and spread of Buddhism has been a landmark in the history of Greater India (Maha Bharata or Brhattara Bharata) the boundaries of which covered a large part of Asia. As stated earlier, Sakyamuni, the Buddha, was the inheritor of an ancient, rich and varied cultural tradition of a very high order and he formulated and established a new culture out of it which was theoretically enlightening and practically redeeming from the labyrinth of suffering, imperfection, impermanence and other vicissitudes of life. He reconstructed an old path, as the Samyutta Nikaya puts it, a middle path which avoided all extremes. In his ideas, doctrines, and practices the proto-Vedic view of Reality and way of life blossomed forth in a fresh and invigourating form which attracted the elite and the masses alike. The rudiments of Buddha's teachings are well traceable to the Nasadiya, Visnu, Yama and several other Suktas of the Rgveda. The earlier Upanisads and philosophical systems like Samkya-Yoga, Nyaya-Vaisesika etc. had heavily influenced Buddha's thoughts. It is not unnatural that philosophical ideas and doctrines do not spring in a vacuum and grow out of old ideas. Oldenburg, a great authority on Vedic literature and Buddhism, has very pertinently and convincingly pointed this out in his works. Celebrated scholars like Mr. and Mrs. Rhys Davids have corroborated this fact. Apart from the Vedic sources, the contribution of Sramana tradition and Ajjivikas etc. in the formulation of Buddha's philosophical view point has also been substantial. The Buddha had an open and assimilative mind and accommodated all those noble and sublime ideas available in the intellectual and meditational environment of his time which were agreeable to his experiences. There are many references to this effect in the Pali canons which contain Buddha-vacana and in the biographical accounts of the Buddha. The basic teachings of the Buddha can be divided into two viz., philosophical and moral, or, theoretical and practical, and both have their ancestory in the Vedic thought. But the way the Buddha reformulated them is innovative and attractive and that is why he could impress upon and command respect and following both among the ruling elite and the masses.

During his life time itself the Buddha was recognised as 'great saviour', an enlightened seer, who visualised and realized the summum bonum of life. He founded a new monastic order known as 'Samgha' and gave a novel turn to the institution of samnyasa directing it for universal well-being and happiness. A distinction can be drawn between monastic Buddhism and Buddhism of the non-monastic populace. Both the modes received great impetus during Buddha's life time. Even his royal parents and family members became his disciples. His popularity spread far and wide and his teachings provided solace and succor to the distressed people. He wandered from one place to another along with his disciples conversing with people in the language and idiom familiar to them. He mastered the art of discussion and debate and spread the radiance of his enlightened wisdom and conduct without taking any rest out of loving mercy and compassion for the suffering humanity. Of course, he encountered some opposition but he overcame it with his wit and wisdom, selfless service and benevolence. Though he did not write anything his teachings were preserved and subsequently codified by his disciples who very intelligently and diligently collated and compiled them with mutual consultation. His teachings were prolific and stretched over a long span of time but all these were retained in memory and recollected by his immediate disciples who always accompanied him during his travels from one place to another. This apart, his teachings were not theoretical and were exemplified in his conduct and in that of his disciples. Because of their practical nature it was easy to remember them. Almost the entire Tripitaka literature is a collection of sayings, utterances, narratives, rules of the order and other teachings known as 'Buddha vacana'.

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