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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

Growth of esoteric and mystical Buddhism. Dhyāni-Buddhas. Yoga
      philosophy. Svāmī Dayānanda-Sarasvatī. Twofold Yoga system. Bodily
      tortures of Yogīs. Fasting. Complete absorption in thought.
      Progressive stages of meditation. Samādhi. Six transcendent
      faculties. The Buddha no spiritualist. Nature of Buddha’s
      enlightenment. Attainment of miraculous powers. Development of
      Buddha’s early doctrine. Eight requisites of Yoga. Six-syllabled
      sentence. Mystical syllables. Cramping of limbs. Suppression and
      imprisonment of breath. Suspended animation. Self-concentration.
      Eight supernatural powers. Three bodies of every Buddha. Ethereal
      souls and gross bodies. Buddhist Mahātmas. Astral bodies. Modern
      spiritualism. Modern esoteric Buddhism and Asiatic occultism
                                                                  223-252


                              LECTURE XI.
 Hierarchical Buddhism, especially as developed in Tibet and Mongolia.

  The Saṅgha. Development of Hierarchical gradations in Ceylon and in
      Burma. Tibetan Buddhism. Northern Buddhism connected with
      Shamanism. Lāmism and the Lāmistic Hierarchy. Gradations of
      monkhood. Avatāra Lāmas. Vagabond Lāmas. Female Hierarchy. Two
      Lāmistic sects. Explanation of Avatāra theory. History of Tibet.
      Early history of Tibetan Buddhism. Thumi Sambhoṭa’s invention of
      the Tibetan alphabet. Indian Buddhists sent for to Tibet. Tibetan
      canon. Tibetan kings. Founding of monasteries. Buddhism adopted in
      Mongolia. Hierarchical Buddhism in Mongolia. Invention of
      Mongolian alphabet. Birth of the Buddhist reformer Tsong Khapa.
      The Red and Yellow Cap schools. Monasteries of Galdan, Brepung,
      and Sera. Character of Tsong Khapa’s reformation. Resemblance of
      the Roman Catholic and Lāmistic systems. Death and canonization of
      Tsong Khapa. Development of the Avatāra theory. The two Grand
      Lāmas, Dalai Lāma and Panchen Lāma. Election of Dalai Lāma.
      Election of the Grand Lāmas of Mongolia. List of Dalai Lāmas.
      Discovery of present Dalai Lāma. The Lāma or Khanpo of Galdan, of
      Kurun or Kuren, of Kuku khotun. Lāmism in Ladāk, Tangut, Nepāl,
      Bhutān, Sikkim. In China and Japan. Divisions in Japanese
      Buddhism. Buddhism in Russian territory                     253-302


                              LECTURE XII.
                  Ceremonial and Ritualistic Buddhism.

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