The Buddha and his dhamma : a critical edition

Author(s)

• Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji
• Rathore, Aakash Singh
• Verma, Ajay

Bibliographic Information

The Buddha and his dhamma : a critical edition

B.R. Ambedkar ; edited, introduced, and annotated by Aakash Singh Rathore and Ajay Verma

Oxford University Press, 2011

• : hbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [309]-314

Index: p. [315]-325

Description and Table of Contents

Description

B.R. Ambedkar's magnum opus, The Buddha and his Dhamma, was barely completed before his death and was published posthumously in 1957. The book is known for Ambedkar's review and analysis of the vast Buddhist canon and literature. This is the first critical edition of The Buddha and his Dhamma. Along with a new Introduction, it includes footnotes indicating sources and annotations explaining various topics of discussion. The annotations provide useful information on canons like Suttas and Dhammapada indicating their authoritativeness in the Buddhist tradition and discuss the modifications effected in Ambedkar's use of the source material. An analytical index helps locate various passages and themes in the original text.

Table of Contents

• EDITORS' PREFACE
• B.R. AMBEDKAR' PREFACE
• EDITORS' INTRODUCTION
• B.R. AMBEDKAR'S INTRODUCTION AND PROLOGUE
• FROM BIRTH TO PARIVRAJA
• RENUNCIATION FOR EVER
• IN SEARCH OF NEW LIGHT
• ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE VISION OF A NEW WAY
• THE BUDDHA AND HIS PREDECESSORS
• THE BUDDHA AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
• COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
• BUDDHA AND HIS VISHAD YOGA
• THE CONVERSION OF THE PARIVRAJAKAS
• CONVERSION OF THE HIGH AND THE HOLY
• CALL FROM HOME
• CAMPAIGN FOR CONVERSION RESUMED
• CONVERSION OF THE LOW AND THE LOWLY
• CONVERSION OF WOMEN
• CONVERSION OF THE FALLEN AND THE CRIMINALS
• HIS PLACE IN HIS DHAMMA
• DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE BUDDHA'S DHAMMA
• WHAT IS DHAMMA
• WHAT IS NOT DHAMMA
• WHAT IS SADDHAMMA
• RELIGION AND DHAMMA
• HOW SIMILARITIES IN TERMINOLOGY CONCEAL FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE
• THE BUDDHIST WAY OF LIFE
• HIS SERMONS
• THE SANGH
• THE BHIKKHU: THE BUDDHA'S CONCEPTION OF HIM
• THE DUTIES OF THE BHIKKHU
• THE BHIKKHU AND THE LAITY
• VINAYA FOR THE LAITY
• HIS BENEFACTORS
• HIS ENEMIES
• CRITICS OF HIS DOCTRINES
• FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS
• THE MEETING OF THOSE NEAR AND DEAR
• LEAVING VAISHALI
• HIS END
• HIS PERSONALITY
• HIS HUMANITY
• HIS LIKES AND DISLIKES
• EPILOGUE, GLOSSARY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX

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Details

• NCID: BB11766433
• ISBN:
  • 9780198068679
• LCCN: 2011288359
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Delhi
• Pages/Volumes: xxxi, 325 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Buddhism -- Doctrines
  • LCSH : Gautama Buddha