这本书有繁体版的翻译-<<亲近释迦牟尼佛：从巴利藏经看佛陀的一生>>. 在博客来上的简介: ◎什麼是巴利文经典？ 巴利语原来是古代印度社会中流行的一种大眾语言，相传佛陀就是用这种语言对大眾说法传教。佛教一开始并无以文字书写的经典，到大约西元前一世纪，当时斯里兰卡的统治者召集了僧眾在大寺勘定佛教三藏，用斯里兰卡通行的语文音译巴利语书写，这是最早的巴利语经典。公元5世纪，摩揭陀国三藏法师觉音来到斯里兰卡，重新用僧伽罗文字整理编写巴利文三藏，这就是现在流行的巴利语佛典的原型。 ◎為什麼要读这本佛陀的传记？ 1) 取材自最悠久的典籍：作者於巴利经典中整理分散在律藏和经藏的资料，拂去歷史的迷雾，确实还原 佛陀的一生。 2) 内文不同於一般华丽的传记，更显朴实、传神：在巴利三藏的典籍裡，确实含括了佛陀的完整形象，对照后来词藻华丽的书所勾勒的佛陀，其文词之简鍊与传...(展开全部)

The Clay Sanskrit Library has recently set out to change the scene by making available well-translated dual-language (English and Sanskrit) editions of popular Sanskritic texts for the public. The Buddhist monk Ashva*ghosha composed Life of the Buddha in the first or second century CE probably in Ayodhya. This is the earliest surviving text of the Sanskrit literary genre called...(展开全部)

GENERAL INTRODUCTION UNCOVERING THE STRUCTURE OF THE TEACHING Though his teaching is highly systematic, there is no single text that can be ascribed to the Buddha in which he defines the architecture of the Dhamma, the scaffolding upon which he has framed his specific expressions of the doctrine. In the course of his long ministry, the Buddha taught in different ways as determi...(展开全部)

GENERAL INTRODUCTION UNCOVERING THE STRUCTURE OF THE TEACHING Though his teaching is highly systematic, there is no single text that can be ascribed to the Buddha in which he defines the architecture of the Dhamma, the scaffolding upon which he has framed his specific expressions of the doctrine. In the course of his long ministry, the Buddha taught in different ways as determi...(展开全部)

For 2,000 years, the brief ministry of a young Nazarene preacher has remained the largest single determinant of Western civilisation's triumphs and disasters. In THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE SON, Norman Mailer gives the protagonist of one of the greatest tragedies of all time a chance to tell the story of his life in his own words. 'Is God speaking to me?' Jesus asks, 'or am I h...(展开全部)

For 2,000 years, the brief ministry of a young Nazarene preacher has remained the largest single determinant of Western civilisation's triumphs and disasters. In THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE SON, Norman Mailer gives the protagonist of one of the greatest tragedies of all time a chance to tell the story of his life in his own words. 'Is God speaking to me?' Jesus asks, 'or am I h...(展开全部)

The very idea that Buddhist teachings can be mastered will arouse controversy within Buddhist circles. Even so, Daniel Ingram insists that enlightenment is an attainable goal, once our fanciful notions of it are stripped away, and we have learned to use meditation as a method for examining reality rather than an opportunity to wallow in self-absorbed mind-noise. This book sets ...(展开全部)

The very idea that Buddhist teachings can be mastered will arouse controversy within Buddhist circles. Even so, Daniel Ingram insists that enlightenment is an attainable goal, once our fanciful notions of it are stripped away, and we have learned to use meditation as a method for examining reality rather than an opportunity to wallow in self-absorbed mind-noise. This book sets ...(展开全部)

Every general account of the development of Chinese thought makes mention of Tung Chung-shu (c. 195-105 bce) as one of the pivotal philosophers of the Han. Professor Queen's accomplishment is a meticulous dissection of Tung Chung-shu's major work. The Luxuriant Gems of the Spring and Autumn Annals (Ch'un-ch'iu fan lu) established the first state-sponsored Confucian Canon, and c...(展开全部)