Jayatilleke, Kulatissa Nanda,

The message of the Buddha / [print] by K.N. Jayatilleke ; a posthumous work edited by Ninian Smart. - New York : Free Press, (c)1975. - 262 pages ; 23 cm

Consists of manuscripts of lectures and talks given by the author, chiefly in 1969.



The historical context of the rise of Buddhism -- The significance of Vesak -- The Buddhist conception of truth -- The Buddhist attitude to revelation -- The Buddhist conception of matter and the material world -- The Buddhist analysis of mind -- The Buddhist conception of the universe -- The Buddhist attiude to God -- Nirvana -- The Buddhist view of survival -- The Buddhist doctrine of karma -- The case for the Buddhist theory of karma and survival -- The conditioned genesis of the individual -- The Buddhist ethical ideal of the ultimate good -- Buddhist ethics -- The Buddhist conception of evil.



9780029163504 9780042940915

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Buddhism--Doctrines.

BQ4165.S636.M477 1975