Hinduism and Buddhism - Volume I

Hinduism and Buddhism - Volume I

Charles Eliot, british knight diplomat, colonial administrator and botanist (1862-1931)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- BOOK I. INTRODUCTION

-04- CHAPTER I. INFLUENCE OF INDIAN THOUGHT IN EASTERN ASIA

-05- CHAPTER II. ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF HINDUISM

-06- . CHAPTER III. THE BUDDHA

-07- CHAPTER IV. ASOKA

-08- CHAPTER V. EXTENSION OF BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM BEYOND INDIA

-09- CHAPTER VI. NEW FORMS OF BUDDHISM

-10- CHAPTER VII. REVIVAL OF HINDUISM

-11- CHAPTER VIII. LATER FORMS OF HINDUISM

-12- CHAPTER IX. EUROPEAN INFLUENCE AND MODERN HINDUISM

-13- CHAPTER X. CHANGE AND PERMANENCE IN BUDDHISM

-14- CHAPTER XI. REBIRTH AND THE NATURE OF THE SOUL

-15- CHAPTER XII. THE PROSPECT OF TRANSMIGRATION

-16- CHAPTER XIII. INDIAN IDEAS ABOUT THE DESTINY OF THE SOUL

-17- CHAPTER XIV. EASTERN PESSIMISM AND RENUNCIATION

-18- CHAPTER XV. EASTERN POLYTHEISM

-19- CHAPTER XVI. THE EXTRAVAGANCE OF HINDUISM

-20- CHAPTER XVII. THE HINDU AND BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES

-21- CHAPTER XVIII. MORALITY AND WILL

-22- CHAPTER XIX. THE ORIGIN OF EVIL

-23- CHAPTER XX. CHURCH AND STATE

-24- CHAPTER XXI PUBLIC WORSHIP AND CEREMONIAL

-25- CHAPTER XXII. THE WORSHIP OF THE REPRODUCTIVE FORCES

-26- CHAPTER XXIII. HINDUISM IN PRACTICE

-27- CHAPTER XXIV. BUDDHISM IN PRACTICE

-28- CHAPTER XXV. INTEREST OF INDIAN THOUGHT FOR EUROPE

-29- BOOK II. EARLY INDIAN RELIGION A GENERAL VIEW

-30- CHAPTER I. RELIGIONS OF INDIA AND EASTERN ASIA

-31- CHAPTER II. HISTORICAL

-32- CHAPTER III. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIAN RELIGION

-33- CHAPTER IV. VEDIC DEITIES AND SACRIFICES

-34- CHAPTER V. ASCETICISM AND KNOWLEDGE

-35- CHAPTER VI. RELIGIOUS LIFE IN PRE-BUDDHIST INDIA

-36- CHAPTER VII. THE JAINS

-37- BOOK III. PALI BUDDHISM

-38- CHAPTER VIII. LIFE OF THE BUDDHA

-39- CHAPTER IX. THE BUDDHA COMPARED WITH OTHER RELIGIOUS TEACHERS

-40- CHAPTER X. THE TEACHING OF THE BUDDHA

-41- CHAPTER XI. MONKS AND LAYMEN

-42- CHAPTER XII. ASOKA

-43- CHAPTER XIII. THE CANON

-44- CHAPTER XIV. MEDITATION

-45- CHAPTER XV. MYTHOLOGY IN HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM

-46- FOOTNOTES