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" The origin of Buddhist meditation / "
Alexander Wynne
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BL
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656041
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Wynne, Alexander,1974-
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The origin of Buddhist meditation /\ Alexander Wynne
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| Publication Statement
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London, England ;New York :: Routledge,, 2007
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Routledge critical studies in Buddhism
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xi, 169 pages ;; 24 cm
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9780415423878
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: 0415423872
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: 9780415544672
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: 041554467x
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9780203963005
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0203963008
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| Notes
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Transferred to digital printing 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-164) and index
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| Abstract
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"Having identified early material that goes back to the Buddha himself, the author argues that the two teachers of the Buddha were historical figures. Based on the early Brahminic literature, namely the early Upanishads and Moksadharma, the author asserts the origin of the method of meditation learned by the Buddha from these teachers, and attempts to use them to identify some authentic teachings of the Buddha on meditation. The following claims are put forward: the Buddha was taught by Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta, as stated in the literature of numerous early Buddhist sects, is historically authentic; Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta taught a form of early Brahminic meditation; and the Buddha must consequently have been trained in a meditative school whose ideology was provided by the philosophical portions of early Upanishads. This book will be of interest to academics in the field of Buddhist studies, Asian Religion and South Asian studies."--BOOK JACKET
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Gautama Buddha
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Meditation-- Buddhism-- History
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Buddhist literature-- History and criticism
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Brahmanism-- Relations, Buddhism
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Buddhism-- Relations, Brahmanism
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BQ5612.W86 2007
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