]> 2026-10-14T08:53:36-04:00 Books/An Introduction to Buddhism (Takasaki) 0 en No Takasaki, J. * Preface to the English Versioniii * A Note on Foreign Wordsviii * Introduction: What is Buddhism?1 ** Buddha, Dharma, and Saṃgha: The Three Constituents of Buddhism3 ** Taking Refuge in the Three Treasures5 ** The Absolute Nature of the Dharma8 ** Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna: The "Greater" and "Lesser" Vehicles11 ** The Buddhist Canon (''tri-piṭaka'')16 * I. The Life of Śākyamuni23 ** The Buddha Śākyamuni23 ** Biographies of the Buddha25 ** Birth and Renunciation28 ** Austerities and Enlightenment31 ** The Beginnings of Śākyamuni's Teaching Ministry: His First Sermon34 ** Dissemination of the Teaching and the Growth of the Community38 ** The Great Decease42 ** Erection of ''Stūpas'' and the First Council45 * II. The True Nature of the Buddha49 ** Designations of the Buddha50 ** Buddha and Tathāgata53 ** The Former Lives of the Buddha55 ** The Buddhas of the Three Ages59 ** The Buddhas of the Ten Directions61 ** Material Body and Dharma-Body64 ** The Theory of Three Bodies68 * III. Dharma: The Buddhist Conception of Truth70 ** The Meanings of ''Dharma''70 ** The Basis of the Teaching: Dependent Co-arising and the Four Noble Truths76 ** Śākyamuni's: Philosophical Position: The Ten or Fourteen Unanswerables85 ** "Dharma-seals": The Watchwords of Buddhism89 ** ''Saṃskāra'' and ''Dharma'': The Dependently Co-arisen96 ** ''Dharmatā'': The Principle of Dependent Co-arising100 ** The Conception· of Truth in Mahāyāna Buddhism104 ** Supreme Truth and Conventional Truth105 * IV. ''Sarva-dharmāh'': The Constituent Elements of Existence107 ** The Classification of the Constituent Elements of Existence in the Early Canon: The Five Aggregates, Twelve Sense-Fields, and Eighteen Realms107 ** The Sarvāstivādin Classification of the Constituent Elements of Existence: The Five Categories and Seventy-five Elements114 ** The Sarvāstivādin Theory of the Elements: The Elements Exist Eternally120 ** The Mahāyānist Conception of the Elements: All is Empty126 * V. Transmigration, Karma, and Mental Defilements128 ** Transmigratory Existence: The Three Realms and Six Paths128 ** Karma137 ** Mental Defilements141 ** The Twelvefold Chain of Dependent Co-arising149 * VI. The Path to Enlightenment163 ** Nirvāṇa and Enlightenment163 ** The Mahāyānist Conception of Nirvāṇa168 ** The Path to Enlightenment170 ** The Noble Eightfold Path172 ** The Three Disciplines: Morality, Meditation, and Wisdom174 ** Faith and Practice188 ** Practices for· the Welfare of Others191 ** The Practices of the Bodhisattva: The Six Perfections193 * VII. Mind: The Agency of Practice198 ** No-self and Subjective Agency198 ** Mind (''citta'', ''manas'', and ''vijñāna'')200 ** Mind-only and Cognition-only205 ** The Innately Pure Mind and the Embryo of the Tathāgata215 ** Enlightenment and Salvation223 * VIII. The Ideal Practitioner227 ** The Concept "Man"227 ** Ordinary Man and Holy Man228 ** The Stages of the Bodhisattva233 ** "One Vehide" and "Three Vehicles"240 * IX. The Precepts and the Organization of the Community246 ** The Meaning of ''Saṃgha''246 ** The Organization of the Community250 ** Community Regulations255 * X. The History of Buddhism263 ** 1. Buddhism in India and the Surrounding Lands264 *** The Basic Schism264 *** The Mauryan Dynasty and Dissemination to Sri Lanka266 *** The Kushan Dynasty and the Northern Tradition of Buddhism267 *** The Characteristics of Schismatic Buddhism268 *** The Birth of Mahāyāna Buddhism269 *** The Mādhyamika and Yogācāra Schools270 *** The Age of Esoteric Buddhism272 *** Tibetan Buddhism275 *** The Southern Tradition of Buddhism277 *** The Revival of Buddhism in India278 ** 2. Chinese Buddhism279 *** The Introduction of Buddhism279 *** Buddhism Takes Root: The Period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties280 *** The Establishment of Chinese Buddhism: The Sui and T'ang Dynasties283 *** Subsequent Developments290 ** 3. Korean Buddhism290 ** 4. Japanese Buddhism293 *** The Introduction of Buddhism and Prince Shōtoku293 *** The Sects of the Nara Period294 *** The Tendai and Shingon Sects297 *** The Rise of the Pure Land Teachings300 *** The Introduction of the Zen Sects301 *** The Nichiren and Ji Sects303 *** Buddhism since the Muromachi Period305 * Sources309 * Select Bibliography315 * General Index325 * Character Index352 * The Author; the Translator375 Academic true III false Intermediate Book An Introduction to Buddhism (Takasaki) Takasaki, Jikidō. ''An Introduction to Buddhism''. Translated by Rolf W. Giebel. Tokyo: Tōhō Gakkai, 1987. This book is based upon notes prepared by the author for general lectures on Buddhism which he has been giving to students at a number of universities in Tokyo since around 1960. The initial version of the present work first saw the light of day as part of a textbook for university students entitled ''Bukkyo ippan'' 仏教一般 (''Buddhism in General'') which was compiled in concert with professors specializing in Chinese and Japanese Buddhism and published by the Department of Buddhist Studies at Komazawa University in Tokyo. Then, at a later date, the author was approached by the Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai (University of Tokyo Press) to write an introductory work on Buddhism for the edification of the general reading public. By permission of the Department of Buddhist Studies at Komazawa University, he accordingly extracted those sections of the above textbook which he had himself written ("Outline of Buddhism" and "Indian Buddhism"), to which he then made some additions and corrections and also appended a brief history of Buddhism covering not only India but also China and Japan. This was then published in 1983 under the title of ''Bukkyo nyümon'' 仏教入門 (''An Introduction to Buddhism''), of which the present work is an English translation. (Takasaki, preface to the English version, iii) false An Introduction to Buddhism Takasaki, Jikidō. ''An Introduction to Buddhism''. Translated by Rolf W. Giebel. Tokyo: Tōhō Gakkai, 1987.;An Introduction to Buddhism (Takasaki);Doctrine;History;Shakyamuni Buddha;dharmatā;pratītyasamutpāda;anātman;tathāgatagarbha;ekayāna;triyāna;Jikido Takasaki; Rolf Giebel;An Introduction to Buddhism false An Introduction to Buddhism (Takasaki)-front.jpg Takasaki, J. Giebel, R. Jikidō Takasaki 1987 Academic Publications This book is based upon notes prepared by the author for general lectures on Buddhism which he has been giving to students at a number of universities in Tokyo since around 1960. The initial version of the present work first saw the light of day as part of a textbook for university students entitled ''Bukkyo ippan'' 仏教一般 (''Buddhism in General'') which was compiled in concert with professors specializing in Chinese and Japanese Buddhism and published by the Department of Buddhist Studies at Komazawa University in Tokyo. Then, at a later date, the author was approached by the Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai (University of Tokyo Press) to write an introductory work on Buddhism for the edification of the general reading public. By permission of the Department of Buddhist Studies at Komazawa University, he accordingly extracted those sections of the above textbook which he had himself written ("Outline of Buddhism" and "Indian Buddhism"), to which he then made some additions and corrections and also appended a brief history of Buddhism covering not only India but also China and Japan. 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