Look Inside

Plants in Early Buddhism and the Far Eastern Idea of the Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees

Easy Returns

Return within 7 days of
order delivery.See T&Cs

1M+ Customers

Serving more than a
million customers worldwide.

25+ Years in Business

A trustworthy name in Indian
art, fashion and literature.

Plants in Early Buddhism and the Far Eastern Idea of the Buddha-Nature of Grasses and Trees

Email

Whatsapp

Facebook

Pinterest

Twitter

Copy link

$82.95

$158

30% + 25% off

Includes any tariffs and taxes

Express Shipping

$15

Express Shipping: Guaranteed Dispatch in 24 hours

Notify me when this item is available

Specifications

	Publisher: Lumbini International Research Institute, Nepal
	Author: Lambert Schmithausen
	Language: English
	Pages: 390
	Cover: PAPERBACK
	9.50 X 7.00 inch
	Weight 700 gm
	Edition: 2009
	ISBN: 9789937217163
	UAO422

Delivery and Return Policies

	Ships in 1-3 days
	Returns and Exchanges accepted within 7 days
	Free Delivery

Easy Returns

Return within 7 days of
order delivery.See T&Cs

1M+ Customers

Serving more than a
million customers worldwide.

25+ Years in Business

A trustworthy name in Indian
art, fashion and literature.

Book Description

Preface The present study has grown out of a lecture held in the winter term 2003-04, in which my aim was to present my view on the prob lem of the sentience of plants in early Buddhism to the participants of a series of lectures on various aspects of Buddhism, past and present, which were arranged by the Department of Indian and Tibetan studies of the University of Hamburg over about a decade. In the materials distributed beforehand to the participants, I had included Ellison Banks FINDLY's paper on plants as borderline beings (FINDLY 2002). in which she suggests, taking my monograph on the problem (SCHMITHAUSEN 1991a) as a kind of stepping stone, that in early Bud dhism plants may have been borderline beings not, as I had proposed, on the lower margin, but rather on the upper one: She advances the idea that they are saintly beings close to nirvana. Naturally, I had to tell my audience why I found this suggestion fascinating but, alas, not really convincing from a historical and philological point of view. In the autumn of 2005, as a guest professor at Kyoto University, I had a chance to present revised versions of my lecture, now in English, before audiences at my host university as well as at Komazawa Univer sity in Tokyo, and a year later, when I was a guest professor at the International College for Buddhist Studies in Tokyo, at Taishō Uni versity. In all these places, I benefited greatly from the comments and suggestions of the audience, and I seize the opportunity to express my heartful thanks to the discussants as well as to the colleagues who organized the lectures. On the above-mentioned occasions, the focus of my lecture was on the status of plants in earliest Buddhism, and especially on defending.

"Zur Stellung der Pflanzen im Buddhismus", in: Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart, vol. X (winter term 2003/4). The lecture is accessible on the homepage of the Center for Buddhist Studies of the University of Hamburg (http://www.bud dhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de).

**Contents and Sample Pages**

Products related to this item

Dravyagunakosah: Dictionary of Ayurvedic terms relating to names, synonyms properties and actions of Medical Plants (Sanskrit-Hindi-English)

By Priaya Vrat Sharma

$53.25

Express Shipping

$71 25% off

Includes any tariffs and taxes

शार्ङ्गधरविरचितः वृक्षायुर्वेदः - Saarngadhara's Vrkshaayurveda- The Ancient Indian Plant Science (Text with Commentaries in Malayalam & English)

Publisher Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal

$19.50

Express Shipping

$26 25% off

Includes any tariffs and taxes

Buddhism -Pali text with English Translation (In Set of 2 Volumes)

By N. C. Panda

$58.50

$78 25% off

Includes any tariffs and taxes

A Sketch of Early Buddhism- A Historical Survey of Buddhology, Buddhist Schools & Sanghas

By Dev Narain Yadav

$27

$45 20% + 25% off

Includes any tariffs and taxes

Two Illuminated Text Collections of Namgyal Monastery- A Study of Early Buddhist Art and Literature in Mustang

By Christian Luczanits and Markus Viehbeck

$97.50

Express Shipping

$130 25% off

Includes any tariffs and taxes

Psalms of The Early Buddhists

By Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids

$22.91

Express Shipping

$47 35% + 25% off

Includes any tariffs and taxes

Development in the Early Buddhist Concept of Kamma/Karma

By James Paul McDermott

$24

Express Shipping

$32 25% off

Includes any tariffs and taxes

Pratna Samiksha: A Journal of Archaeology (An Obscure Context of Early Radha Bengal, Buddhist and Saiva Acaryas (Preceptors) in Newly Discovered Inscriptions of Early Medieval Odisha, India) Volume-7, 2016

By Edited By Sharmi Chakraborty

$33

Express Shipping

$44 25% off

Includes any tariffs and taxes

A Source Book Of The Early Buddhist Inscriptions Of Amaravati

By Francis N. J.

$26.25

Express Shipping

$35 25% off

Includes any tariffs and taxes

Seeing Into Stone: Pre-Buddhist Petroglyphs and Zangskar's Early Inhabitants (With CD)

By Rob Linrothe

$78

Express Shipping

$104 25% off

Includes any tariffs and taxes

Some Psychological Aspects of Early Buddhist Philosophy Based on Abhidharmakosa of Basubandhu

By Aruna Haldar

$17.25

Express Shipping

$23 25% off

Includes any tariffs and taxes

The Buddhist Art of Gandhara (The story of the early school: Its birth, growth and decline)

By Sir John Marshall

$40.50

Express Shipping

$54 25% off

Includes any tariffs and taxes

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What locations do you deliver to ?

A. Exotic India delivers orders to all countries having diplomatic relations with India.
Q. Do you offer free shipping ?

A. Exotic India offers free shipping on all orders of value of $30 USD or more.
Q. Can I return the book?

A. All returns must be postmarked within seven (7) days of the delivery date. All returned items must be in new and unused condition, with all original tags and labels attached. To know more please view our return policy
Q. Do you offer express shipping ?

A. Yes, we do have a chargeable express shipping facility available. You can select express shipping while checking out on the website.
Q. I accidentally entered wrong delivery address, can I change the address ?

A. Delivery addresses can only be changed only incase the order has not been shipped yet. Incase of an address change, you can reach us at help@exoticindia.com
Q. How do I track my order ?

A. You can track your orders simply entering your order number through here or through your past orders if you are signed in on the website.
Q. How can I cancel an order ?

A. An order can only be cancelled if it has not been shipped. To cancel an order, kindly reach out to us through help@exoticindia.com.