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THE TEACHINGS OF THE COMPASSIONATE BUDDHA

Early discourses, the Dhammapada, and later basic writings.

Edited, with commentary, by E.A.BURTT.

A Mentor religious classic

Published by the New America

The New English Library Limited, London

PREFACE

I wish here to express grateful acknowledgement to those whose co-operation has made this volume possible and who have helped to give it whatever virtues it possesses.

Several scholars who are more familiar with Buddhist literature than I have given me kindly counsel regarding the choice of selections and have kept me from making several mistakes that I might easily have fallen into without their help. Doubtless there are other mistakes which I have not avoided; these friends are not responsible for them. I wish especially to thank in this connection, Professor Kenneth Chen of Harvard University, Professor Kenneth W. Morgan of Colgate University, Professor Clarence H. Hamilton of Oberlin College, Dr. Cecil W. Hobbs of the Reference Department of the Library of Congress, the Bhikkhu Sangarakstra of the Maha Bodhi Society in Calcutta, and Professors Walter Liebenthal and K. Venkataramanan of the Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan, India.

Professor Hamilton and Professor Liebenthal have also given kind permission to use translations of their own which it would not have been possible otherwise to include in this volume (Part V, Selection 2; and Part VI, Selection 6 and 8).

CONTENTS

Preface

General introduction

Book One : THE EARLY SCRIPTURES OF BUDDHISM,

Part I .  Some Basic Doctrines of the Buddha

                  1.The Sermon at Benares

                  2. Questions Not Tending to Edification

                  3.Truth is above Sectarian Dogmatism

                  4. How Buddha Met a Schism among his disciples

                  5. The Parable of the Mustard Seed

                  6. Universal Love and Good Will

                  7. Buddha’s farewell address

Part II . Treading the path to Nirvana

1.      The way of Truth

2.      Songs of the Wayfarers

Part III. The Spirit of Theravada Buddhism

1.      The Zenaka story of Buddha’s birth and early life

2.      The Fire Sermon

3.      On health of mind

4.      What is gained by Abandoning the World and becoming a Monk?

5.      The duties of the Theravada Layman

6.      What is Nirvana? (Theravada view)

7.      the Nirvana of the Buddha

8.      Crossing the Ford

9.      Is the Buddha Equally compassionate toward all?

10.  Is adopting the way of the Monk a selfish act?

Book Two : BUDDHIST THOUGHT THROUGH LATER CENTURIES

Part IV. The Mahayana religious ideal

1.      Hymn to the Buddha of infinite compassion and wisdom

2.      The Bodhisattva’s vow of universal redemption

3.      The path of light and love

4.      Famous Mahayana parables

5.      The eternal Buddha of countless worlds

6.      What is Nirvana? (Mahayana view)

Part V. Some Mahayana philosophies

1.      Nagarjuna’s analysis of Causality and Nirvana

2.      Vasubandhu’s argument for subjective idealism

3.      Ultimate reality is absolute mind

4.      Utimate reality transcends what can be expressed in words

Part VI. Devotional and intuitional Buddhism in China and Japan

1.      The pure land of Amitabha

2.      The white lotus ode

3.      Honen’s letter and poems

4.      Shinran’s songs to Amida

5.      The Bodhisattva who saves even from the depths of hell

6.      Tao Sheng on Nirvana and the Buddha’s way

7.      Seng Tsan’s poem on trust in the heart

8.      Shen Hui’s Sermon on Sudden awakening

9.      A Zen “Koan”

10.  The Mahayana Layman’s ideal

Epilogue : Buddha’s pity

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