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1882. Oldenberg has examined the original teaching of Buddha, shown that the cardinal tenets of the pessimism which he preached are "the truth of suffering and the truth of the deliverance from suffering," he has expounded the ontology of Buddhism and placed Nirvana in a true light. Contents: India and Buddhism; Indian Pantheism and Pessimism before Buddha; Asceticism. Monastic Orders; Part I. Buddha's Life: The Character of Tradition. Legend and Myth; Buddha's Youth; Beginning of the Teacher's Career; Buddha's Work; Buddha's Death; Part II. The Doctrines of Buddhism: The Tenet of Suffering; The Tenets of the Origin and of the Extinction of Suffering; The Tenet of the Path to the Extinction of Suffering; Part III. The Order of Buddha's Disciples; and Excursus.

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• Full title: Buddha
• Subtitle: His Life, His Doctrine, His Order
• Author: Hermann Oldenberg, William Hoey
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 466
• EAN: 9781161377972
• ISBN: 1161377972
• ID: 11812619
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Weight: 1360 g
• Dimensions: 280 × 216 × 29 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. May 2010

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