TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schumann,Hans Wolfgang
TI  - Buddhism: an outline of its teachings and schools 
T2  - A Quest book
SN  - 0835604527
AV  - BQ4132 .S38 1974
U1  - 294.3/4/2 
PY  - 1974///, ©1973]
CY  - Wheaton, Ill.
PB  - Theosophical Pub. House
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Doctrines
KW  - Introductions
N1  - "Published under a grant from the Kern Foundation."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-188); I. The Buddha's life -- II. Hinayana: the Buddhism of liberation through self effort -- Councils and sources -- The teachings of the Theravada -- 1. All existence is suffering -- 2. The subject of suffering and the three marks -- 3. Excursus: objective and subjective existence -- 4. The cycle of rebirth -- 5. The doctrine of Kamma -- 6. The cause of rebirth -- 7. Conditioned origination -- 8. The nexus of conditioned origination in detail -- 9. Conditioned origination as the foundation of individual existence -- 10. The termination of suffering -- II. The eightfold way to the termination of suffering -- 12. The goal: Nibbana -- The main schools of the Hinayana -- III. Mahayana: the monistic Buddhism of liberation by other power -- Hinayana and Mahayana: contrasts and similarities -- The Sanskrit literature of the Mahayana -- The basic teachings of the Mahayana -- 1. The Buddhology -- 2. The doctrine of the three bodies -- I. Dharmakaya -- II. Sambhogakaya -- III. Nirmanakaya -- 3. The Bodhisattvas -- The Mahayanic ways to liberation and nirvana -- 1. All existence is suffering -- 2. The way of self discipline -- 3. The way of wisdom -- 4. The Bodhisattva way -- 5. The way of faith -- 6. The cultic way -- 7. The goal: nirvana -- IV. Philosophical schools of the Mahayana -- The Madhyamaka system -- 1. Thinkers and sastras -- 2. Teachings -- The yogacara system -- 1. Thinkers and sastras -- 2. Teachings -- V. The trantrayana and the Buddhism of East Asia -- VI. A cultural historical survey -- VII. Tabulated synopsis -- VIII. Literature -- 1. Abbreviations and text editions -- 2. Translations of Indian works; secondary literature
N2  - A systematic arrangement of material which makes this book a reliable guide through a vast field of thought. With 39 drawing and photos. Includes tabulated synopsis of the major systems of Buddhism
ER  -