Gotama Buddha

Gently used hardcover; Buddhist Books International, 1977; Printed by Kenkyusha Printing Co.

Religion & Spirituality

Nakamura, Hajime

Buddhism

Buddhist Books Intl

In Gotama Buddha, Professor Hajime Nakamura embarks on a search for the details of the historical Buddha's life.  He conducts an exhaustive analysis of both the oldest, most reliable texts and later biographies of the Buddha that contain mythological material.Carefully sifting these texts to separate facts from embellishments, he constructs a biography that begins with the Indian historical context at the time of Buddha's Birth and takes the reader through all the stages of his life.  Professor Nakamura also compares the oldest Buddhist texts with the earliest Jain and Hindu writings and finds surprising similarities that elucidate the significance of the historical Buddha.  Archeological discoveries and factual elements from Buddhist art support Professor Nakamura's fascinating story.  This is the first of two volumes; The second will be printed at a later date.

This book presents a survey of the background, philosophy, and basic doctrines of Tantric Buddhism in Japan in the form of the Shingon tradition. In this work a careful balance is maintained between the theory of Shingon, its iconographic representation in the form of the mandala and the practice of the path to Buddhahood.

Shingon Buddhism: Theory and Practice

Kiyota, Minoru

Foundation of Japanese Buddhism, Vol. 1: The Aristocratic Age

Book by Alicia Matsunaga, Daigan Matsunaga

Matsunaga, Daigan

Matsunaga, Alicia

Book by Matsunaga, Alicia, Matsunaga, Daigan

Foundation of Japanese Buddhism, Vol. 2: The Mass Movement (Kamakura & Muromachi Periods)

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Gotama Buddha

Gotama Buddha

Shingon Buddhism: Theory and Practice

Foundation of Japanese Buddhism, Vol. 1: The Aristocratic Age

Foundation of Japanese Buddhism, Vol. 2: The Mass Movement (Kamakura & Muromachi Periods)