Religion Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
關鍵詞
Buddhist doctrines; Introductions; Christianity and; Buddhism; Judaism
目次
Abbreviations Used for Buddhist Scriptural Sources viii Buddhist Terms in Pali ix Foreword by Rev. Aturugiriye Sri Gnanawimala Thero x Toward Judeo-Christian-Buddhist Dialogue by Leonard Swidler xi Preface to the Revised Edition xxi Introduction 1
PART ONE: HUMAN LIBERATION ACCORDING TO GAUTAMA Chapter 1: Life and Personality of Gautama 9 Home Life 9 Renunciation 11 Search 12 Mission 14
Chapter 2: The Sermon on the Four Noble Truths: Exposition of the Middle Path 18 Theme of the Sermon 19 Revolutionary Dimensions of the Middle Path 20
Chapter 3: Universality of Human Sorrow: First Noble Truth 23
Chapter 4: Cause of Sorrow: Second Noble Truth 27
Chapter 5: Emotionalism in Knowledge 30
Chapter 6: Doctrine of Dependent Origination: A Cause of the Greed That Causes Sorrow 33
Chapter 7: Retribution and Rebirth: Karmā and Saṃsāra 37 Karmā 37 Saṃsāra 3
Chapter 8: Nirvana: Relief from Mental Anguish: Third Noble Truth 46 Nirvana 46 Life after Death 51 Characteristics of Nirvanic Personality 53 Nirvana and Modern Life 54
Chapter 9: Right Understanding: The Doctrine of the No-self 56 Right Understanding 57 The Sermon on No-self Behavior 62 Universal Import of the Doctrine of the No-self 67
Chapter 10: Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action 70 Right Thoughts 70 Right Speech 72 Right Action 73
Chapter 11: Right Livelihood 77 Right Livelihood and Lay Spirituality 77 A Theravada-Mahayana Controversy 78 Significance of Right Livelihood 79 Principles of Right Livelihood 79
Chapter 12: Right Effort 81
Chapter 13: Right Mindfulness 84 Sermon on Mindfulness 84 Attentiveness to What Is Being Done 85 Attentiveness to the Realities of Life 85 Attentiveness to Inner Impulses 86
Chapter 14: Right Concentration 88 Calming the Mind 89 Widening the Vision of Reality 91
PART TWO HUMAN LIBERATION: THE INNER AFFINITY AMONG THE VIEWS OF GAUTAMA, YESHUA, AND JUDAISM Chapter 15: The Challenge of the Four Noble Truths 97 Religion as Liberation 99 Liberation as Personality Development 100 Liberation Theology 102
Chapter 16: Belief in God according to Gautama, Yeshua, and Judaism 104 Gautama's Exclusion of God 104 The Judeo-Christian Stance on Belief in God 106
Chapter 17: Worship of God: Its Inner Reality 110 Conceptualization and Experience 110 Conceptually Nontheistic Belief in God 114
Chapter 18: Liberation according to Gautama, Yeshua, and Judaism 116 Faith in a Provident God 119 Forgiveness of Sins 120 Human Interrelatedness 123
Epilogue 127 Notes 131 Works Cited in this Book 133 Index of Pali and Sanskrit Terms 135 General Index 137
