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The Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India

 
Johannes Bronkhorst (Author)
Synopsis This book elucidates the early Buddhist teachings and beliefs concerning meditation and its role in the process to liberation. In a number of cases, the Buddhist canonical texts reject practices which they accept elsewhere. When these practices - sometimes rejected, sometimes accepted - correspond to what is known about non-Buddhist practices, the conclusion is then proposed that they are non-Buddhist texts. A similar procedure enables one to choose between conflicting beliefs. In order to arrive at these results, an analysis is offered of the non-Buddhist (especially Jaina and early Hindu) practices and beliefs as they are described in the non-Buddhist literature of the time. Passages in the Buddhist canon which emphasize the distinctions between Buddhism and other religious currents are also taken into consideration.
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About the author

Johannes Bronkhorst

Johannes Bronkhorst was bown in 1946 in the Netherlands. Indological studies in Poona (Doctoratet 1979) and Leiden (Doctorate 1980). Since 1987 Professor of Sanskrit and Indian studies at the University of Lausanne.

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Bibliographic information

Title The Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India
Format Softcover
Date published: 30.04.2000
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 8120816439
length 171p., 22cm.