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Buddhism The Religion of Analysis

By Nolan Pliny Jacobson

London

George Allen & Unwin LTD

Ruskin house Museum Street

PREFACE

Let it be admitted at the outset that I have tried to write a convincing modern interpretation of the teachings of the Buddha. I have written out of a conviction that Buddhism, especially in its early Theravada sources, has something significant to say to modern man. It seems to me the West provides new ground for an appreciative understanding of what the Buddha taught. I have described this new ground as fully as possible, and I have sought to view the Buddha’s teachings in this new frame of reference.

Some occasions for misunderstanding and unhappiness with the result may be forestalled if my method is understood at the outset. Concepts and points of view now current in Western thought have been drawn upon freely, but only with the intention of coming to a better understanding of the Buddha, never with a view of making comparisons of any kind. To put it simply, I have not tried to produce a comparative study. It has always seemed to me that we should try as hard as we can to understand what someone says before we draw comparisons. Whenever it appears that some sort of similarity is being emphasized – with Existentialism, Logical Empiricism, Freudianism, or Christianity – the similarity is incidental and has only one purpose, that of allowing the Buddha to speak in perspectives that modern man understands.

                        CONTENTS

Preface

I.                    Introductory

II.                 The Practical Bent of Buddhism

III.               New Ground for Mutual Understanding

IV.              The Indispensable

V.                Meditation and Analysis

VI.              The Buddhist Analysis of Culture

VII.           The Consummatory Experience

VIII.         The Buddha and Hum

Bibliography

Notes to the Text

Index

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