![Origin of Buddhist Meditation [Paperback]](Covers/19783.jpg)
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| Author(s) : Wynne, Alexander |
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| ISBN : 041554467X | | EAN : 9780415544672 | | Cover : Paperback | | Pages : 172 | | Size : 234 x 156mm | | Publisher : Routledge | | Published : 2009 |
Category : Meditation: General
Category 2 : Western Study of Buddhism
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Synopsis:
New paperback edition. Having identified early material that goes back to the Buddha himself, the author argues that the two teachers of the Buddha were historical figures. Based on the early Brahmanic literature, namely the early Upanishads and Moksadharma, the author asserts the origin of the method of meditation learned by the Buddha from these teachers, and attempts to use them to identify some authentic teachings of the Buddha on meditation.
Stimulating debate within the field of Buddhist studies, the following claims are put forward: that the Buddha was taught by Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta, as stated in the literature of numerous early Buddhist sects, is historically authentic, Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta taught a form of early Brahmanic meditation; and the Buddha must consequently have been trained in a meditative school whose ideology was provided by the philosophical portions of early Upanishads. This hypothesis is confirmed in the Parayanavagga, where the Buddha teaches an adapted practice of Alara Kalama's goal to some Brahmins, and appears to be fully conversant with the philosophical presuppositions of early Brahmanic meditation. |
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