Edward Conze was one of the great Buddhist translators - a pioneer scholar who introduced key Buddhist texts to the Western world. This timely new edition of his Buddhist classic reminds us that true happiness is not to be found in material comfort and earthly satisfaction but in the pursuit of a higher ideal. Demonstrating throughout his heartfelt response to the fundamental wisdom of the Buddha, Conze presents a readable introduction to the array of doctrines, methods, and literature that have developed in the many schools of Buddhism as a result of their different approaches to the goal.
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INTRODUCTION Buddhism as a Religion 11 Buddhism dhism as a Philosophy 15 Self-extinction 18 'Radical Pessimism' 21 Immortality 23 Survival Value 25
I: COMMON GROUND The Flavour of Dharma 27 The Documents 28 The Buddha 34 Is Buddhism atheistic? 34 The Four Holy Truths 43 Cosmology 48
II: MONASTIC BUDDHISM The Samgha 53 Poverty 54 Celibacy 58 Inoffensiveness 61 Main Currents of Monastic Thought 66
III: POPULAR BUDDHISM The Place of the Laity 70 The Temporal Power 72 The Services of the Samgha 77 The Influence of the Laity 85
IV: THE OLD WISDOM SCHOOL Sects 89 Sariputra 90 Arhats 93 Practices 95 Moral Discipline 9 Trance 99 Wisdom 105 Decline 114
V: THE MAHAYANA, AND THE NEW WISDOM SCHOOL The Mabasanghikas 119 Hinayana and Mahayana 121 Literary Development 123 Bodhisattvas 125 Emptiness 130 Salvation 135 Parallels 140
VI: BUDDHISM OF FAITH AND DEVOTION The Reception of Bhakti 144 Literary History 146 The Agent of Salvation 147 The Aims of the Faithful 152 Methods 157 Self-extinction and Faith 159
VII: THE YOGACARINS Wisdom and Trance 161 Literary History 163 "Mind-only" 166 "Store-consciousness" 168 Further Doctrines 171
VIII: THE TANTRA, OR MAGICAL BUDDHISM The Problem of the Tantra 174 History of the Tantra 176 Tantric Practices 180 Tantric Philosophy 188 Tantric Mythology 189 Left-handed Tantra 191 The Control of the Body 191
IX: NON-INDIAN DEVELOPMENT Survey 200 Ch'an 201 Amidism 205 Rnyin-ma-pa 207 European Buddhism 210
