In this book, Bhikkhu Analayo, scholar and meditation teacher, examines central aspects of Buddhist meditation as reflected in the early discourses of the Buddha, based on revised and reorganized m…
One of Buddhism’s foundational texts, the Visuddhimagga is a systematic examination and condensation of Buddhist doctrine and meditation technique. The various teachings of the Buddha found throu…
Text of anonymous 19th-century dialog treatise reflecting method of Theravada Buddhist meditation (samādhi) inspired to greater or lesser extent by island of Ceylon and purportedly advocated by a…
Meditative practice lies at the heart of the Buddhist tradition. This introductory anthology gives a representative sample of the various kinds of meditations described in the earliest body of Budd…
This is a major section analyses the meditational method of Buddhaghosa, showing the interaction between Upanishadic Yogic Jhanas mode of concentration, and Buddhist vipassana insight meditation.
Buddhist theories of existents : the systems of two truths / Elvin W. Jones --rnŚamathavipaśyanāyuganaddha : the two leading principles of Buddhist meditation / Geshe Sopa --rnWhat remains" i…
The historic authenticity of the early Buddhist sources is a much disputed topic. Althoughrnmany modern scholars of Indian Buddhism are highly sceptical about the possibility ofrnidentifying and re…
This book elucidates the early Buddhist teachings and beliefs concerning meditaions and its role in the process to liberation. In a number of cases, the Buddhist canonical texts reject practices wh…
Paul J. Griffiths joined the faculty of Duke Divinity School in January 2008, as Warren Chair of Catholic Theology. He was born in England in 1955, and lived and was educated there until 1980, when…