Brill Publishing The Ideas and Meditative Practices of Early Buddhism (1988).pdf

(10490 KB) Pobierz
THE IDEAS AND
MEDITATIVE PRACTICES
OF EARLY BUDDHISM
THE IDEAS AND
MEDITATIVE PRACTICES
OF EARLY BUDDHISM
BY
TILMANN VETTER
E.J.
BRILL
LEIDEN • NEW YORK· K0BENHAVN • KOLN
1988
This book was translated with the financial assistance of the Netherlands
Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
Cover design: Roel van Dijk
Library of Congress Cataloging-in Publication-Data
Vetter, Tilmann.
The ideas and meditative practices of early Buddhism
I
by Tilmann
Vetter.
p.
cm.
Translated from Dutch, with revisions.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
ISBN 90-04-08959-4 (pbk.)
1. Meditation-Buddhism. 2. Buddhism-Doctrines-History-Early
period, to ca. 250 B.
e.
1. Title.
BQ5612.V471988
294.3'443-dc19
88-29318
eIP
ISBN 90 04 08959 4
©
Copyright
1988
by E.
j.
Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or
translated in any form by print, photoprint, microfilm, microfiche
or any other means without written permission from the publisher
PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS BY E.]. BRILL
CONTENTS
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction ................. " ............. , .......... , .. . .. . . ...... .. . . ... .. .
Literature and Abbreviations..............................................
An outline of the most ancient form of Buddhism. . ... . .. .. .. . . . . .. .
VII
XI
XVII
XXI
I.
1.
2.
3_
4.
5.
6.
DHYANA--MEDITATION
The Buddha finds the middle way, i.e. the dhyana meditation
The first sermon........................................................
The noble eightfold path.... ......... ............ ............. ........
The four noble truths............................................. .....
The Buddha's full enlightenment...................................
The preparation for dhyana in the detailed description of the
dhyana-path.. .... ...... .................. ............ ......... ........
7. The immeasurables.....................................................
8. Liberating insight and the destruction of the cankers........
3
7
11
14
17
21
26
29
II.
DISCRIMINATING INSIGHT
9. Discriminating insight.................................................
10. The twelvefold chain of dependent origination..................
11. No complete destruction ............................................. _
35
45
54
III.
SPHERE-MEDITATION
12. A more artificial form of meditation...............................
13. The three layers of existence............. ... . ..... ... .. ... .. .. ... ....
63
72
IV. KARMA
14. Karma in ancient times...............................................
15. Later developments....................................................
Appendix: Mysticism in the Atthakavagga ............................
Index...........................................................................
77
87
101
107

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika:

Zgłoś jeśli naruszono regulamin