The Five Aggregates

The Five Aggregates
Author: Mathieu Boisvert
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1995-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0889202575
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According to Buddhist texts, the entire universe, including the individual, is made up of various phenomena, which Buddhism classifies into different categories. What we conventionally call a 'person' can be understood in terms of the five aggregates, the sum of which must not be taken for a permanent entity, since beings are nothing but an ......

Early Buddhist Metaphysics

Early Buddhist Metaphysics
Author: Noa Ronkin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2005-02-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134283121
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This book provides a philosophical account of the major doctrinal shift in the history of early Theravada tradition in India: the transition from the earliest stratum of Buddhist thought to the systematic of the Pali Abhidhamma movement.

Collected Wheel Publications Volume 7

Collected Wheel Publications Volume 7
Author: Various authors
Publisher: Pariyatti
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2023-05-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1681721503
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This Pariyatti Edition eBook of the Collected Wheel Publications Vol. 7 is of the renowned Wheel Publications (i.e., the Wheel Series) which deals with various aspects of the Buddha's teaching. WH090/092: Life of Sariputta by Nyanaponika Thera WH093: Vaisakha Offering by J.J. Jones WH094: Truth of Anatta by G.P. Malalasekera WH095/097: Sixty Songs of Milarepa by C.C. Chang WH098/099: Apannaka Sutta, Cula Malunkya Sutta, Upali Sutta by Narada and Mahinda Thera WH100: Buddhism in Sri Lanka by H.R. Perera