The Creed of Buddha
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (806 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00AQ4UVCW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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mark johnson said Interprestation of the Budha's thought by a deep thinker.. It is an old book, first published in 1908, but well worth reading. Before he wrote his book, Holmes read everything that had been published concerning Buddhism and ancient Indian spirituality during the age in which he lived. His thinking is original and brilliant, with no attempt to fit everything into the box of official interpretation. His conclusions may not conform with Buddhist orthodoxy, but he may understand the teachings of the Buddha as well or better than many of those who call themselves Buddhists. If you buy this b
All else is maya, illusion. The worship of the supernatural, such as is to be found in Christianity, often ends in the despiritualization of Nature. The Eastern mind attributes the only reality to the soul. Between east and west, says the author, a gulf has been fixed, a gulf created by basic ideas, hollowed out by the erosive action of speculative thought. The Western mind takes for granted the reality of outward things. And there are very few that can bridge thatgulf.In the East, where the soul is the supreme and fundamental reality, the identification of God with the world-soul, or soul of universal Mature, is the outcome of a movement of thought which is at once natural and logical. It is sympathetic, it is scholarly, and it is complete. which becomes merely the world without and therefore opposed to the Supernatural, which becomes the dwelling place of God .. This divine soul is the only real existence: by comparison with it all outward things are shadows, and all inward things, so far as they hold aloof from the all-embracing consciousness, are dreams. This is the extended and annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys DavidsThe author of " The Creed of Buddha " can safely say that no better exposition of Buddhism has ever been given to the world
He resigned in 1911, over a confidential memorandum criticising school inspectors who had formerly been elementary school teachers. Westmeath, Ireland. About the AuthorAbout the Author:"Edmond Gore Alexander Holmes (1850-1936) was an educationalist, writer and poet who was born at Moycashel, co. Later works come close to theosophy." (Quote from wikipedia). Holmes subsequent writings on education are taken as an early statement of 'progressive' and 'child-centred' positions, and are still cited. His The Creed of the Buddha (1908) is well known; he also wrote a pantheist text All is One: A Plea for a Higher Pantheism.Words from his The Triumph of Love were set to music by the composer Charles Villiers Stanford, a friend.He was also a schools inspector, rising to become chief inspect
His The Creed of the Buddha (1908) is well known; he also wrote a pantheist text All is One: A Plea for a Higher Pantheism.Words from his The Triumph of Love were set to music by the composer Charles Villiers Stanford, a friend.He was also a schools inspector, rising to become chief inspector for elementary s