ISBN10: 8120811143, ISBN13: 9788120811140, [publisher: Motilal Banarsidas, New Delhi] Hardcover ISBN:9788120811140 N.A.
[New Delhi, India] [Publication Year: 2000]

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ISBN10: 8120811143, ISBN13: 9788120811140, [publisher: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi] Hardcover First Edition Fine condition 1st Edition/1st Printing hardcover and dust jacket. Scarce. "This book elucidates the early Buddhist teachings and beliefs concerning meditation and its role to liberation. In a number of cases, the Buddhist canonical texts reject practices which they accept elsewhere. When these practices--sometimes rejected, sometimes accepted--correspond to what is known about non-Buddhist practices, the conclusion is then proposed that they are non-Buddhist practices which have somehow found their way into the Buddhist tests. A similar procedure enables one to choose between conflicting beliefs. In order to arrive at these results, an analysis is offered of the non-Buddhist (especially Jaina and early Hindu) practices and beliefs as they are described in the non-Buddhist literature of the time. Passages in the Buddhist canon which emphasize the distinctions between Buddhism and other religious currents are also taken into consideration." -- the publishers. We will carefully pack this lovely first edition in bubble-wrap to protect its corners and ship it in a sturdy box to ensure safe delivery.
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