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Buddhism, in Its Connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism, and in Its Contrast with ChristianityMonier-Williams, Monier, Sir

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Buddhism, in Its Connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism, and in Its Contrast with Christianity

Name: Buddhism, in Its Connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism, and in Its Contrast with Christianity
Author: Monier-Williams, Monier, Sir

Monier-Williams, Monier, Sir

Buddhism; Buddhism -- Relations -- Christianity; Christianity and other religions -- Buddhism; India -- Religion

Tendency of all religious movements to deterioration and
      disintegration. The corruptions of Buddhism are the result of its
      own fundamental doctrines. Re-statement of Buddha’s early
      teaching. Recoil to the opposite extreme. Sects and divisions in
      Buddhism. The first four principal sects, followed by eighteen,
      thirty-two, and ninety-six. Mahā-yāna or Great Method (vehicle).
      Hīna-yāna or Little Method. The Chinese Buddhist travellers,
      Fā-hien and Hiouen Thsang. Reasons for the disappearance of
      Buddhism from India. Gradual amalgamation with surrounding
      systems. Interaction between Buddhism, Vaishṇavism, and Ṡaivism.
      Ultimate merging of Buddhism in Brāhmanism and Hindūism     147-171


                             LECTURE VIII.
              Rise of Theistic and Polytheistic Buddhism.

  Development of the Mahā-yāna or Great Method. Gradual deification of
      saints, sages, and great men. Tendency to group in triads. First
      triad of the Buddha, the Law, and the Order. Buddhist triad no
      trinity. The Buddha to be succeeded by Maitreya. Maitreya’s heaven
      longed for. Constitution and gradations of the Buddhist
      brotherhood. Headship and government of the Buddhist monasteries.
      The first Arhats. Progress of the Mahā-yāna doctrine. The first
      Bodhi-sattva Maitreya associated with numerous other
      Bodhi-sattvas. Deification of Maitreya and elevation of Gautama’s
      great pupils to Bodhi-sattvaship. Partial deification of great
      teachers. Nāgārjuna, Gorakh-nāth. Barlaam and Josaphat      172-194


                              LECTURE IX.
                  Theistic and Polytheistic Buddhism.

  Second Buddhist triad, Mañju-ṡrī, Avalokiteṡvara or Padma-pāṇi and
      Vajra-pāṇi. Description of each. Theory of five human Buddhas,
      five Dhyāni-Buddhas ‘of meditation,’ and five
      Dhyāni-Bodhi-sattvas. Five triads formed by grouping together one
      from each. Theory of Ādi-Buddha. Worship of the Dhyāni-Buddha
      Amitābha. Tiers of heavens connected with the four Dhyānas or
      stages of meditation. Account of the later Buddhist theory of
      lower worlds and three groups of heavens. Synopsis of the
      twenty-six heavens and their inhabitants. Hindū gods and demons
      adopted by Buddhism. Hindū and Buddhist mythology           195-222


                               LECTURE X.
      Mystical Buddhism in its connexion with the Yoga Philosophy.

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