{"product_id":"encyclopaedia-of-buddhism-volume-vi","title":"Encyclopaedia of Buddhism:   (Volume VI)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: M G Chitkara\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: APH Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 646\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available):  8176481858\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs part of a 21-volume series, this book points out that Buddha was born, grew up, and died a Hindu, and he was restating with a new emphasis the ancient ideals of the Indo-Aryan civilization. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFurther, Buddhism did not start as a new and independent religion. It was an offshoot of the more ancient faith of the Hindus. The Buddha came to fulfil, not to destroy. Sir Radhakrishnan, the late president of India has opined that, The Buddha did not feel that he was announcing a new religion. While Buddhist culture lost he was announcing a new religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Buddhist culture lost its continuity in the mainland during the medieval period, it remained an active force in the mountainous fastness of the inner Himalayan sanctuaries. Buddhism has continued to be a living reality in Himalayas since its inception. In India, the Buddhist heritage is now available only in the monasteries and the ancient monuments. Their conservation in the natural setting, their systematic tabulation and revaluation can alone testify to the powerful cultural links that existed between Buddhist India and the Buddhist world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHimalaya is the supreme mountain range on the earth. In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna has said that among mountains I am the Himalayas. The great Sanskrit poet Kalidasa and mysteries influence all the spheres of life of the people from the very early times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuddhist considers Himalayan Kailash as the centre of the cosmic universe inhabited by the Buddha and a retinue of five hundred Bodhisattvas with tantric deity. It is also the seat of female deity Vajra Varshi, Samvaras’s spiritual consort. Hindus look upon Kailash as the abode of Lord Shiva Pashupatinath and his consort Parvati. Because of his strongly phallic from, serious Shiva devotees identify it with lingam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mentor of Buddhism, the inherent on Lord Gautama Buddha was born in Himalayas Lumbini in Nepal. He had all the wealth at his command but relinquished everything for others and achieved enlightenment. He found solace in love, compassion and service of others. Love for others became the aim of Bondhisattva and thought travelled from Nepal to Bodh Gaya and World over.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the new millennium the factors that will most affect both our ability to feed ourselves and our welfare in general likely to be environmental and climatic rather than economic and political. These factors include; climatic destabilisation, the erosion of the ozone layer that protects living things from ultraviolet radiation, global deforestation, acid rain, the annihilation of plant and animal species and  in general the reduction of genetic diversity, and degradation, and water pollution. Only a clearly formulated ecological world view is likely to give rise to a comprehensive strategy for assuring the preservation of the earth, and hence the survival of the human species.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eJambudvipa: A Ring Around Meru\u003cbr\u003eShambla: The Brilliant Light\u003cbr\u003ePulsating with Life\u003cbr\u003eSearch for Eternal Truth\u003cbr\u003eThe Enlightened\u003cbr\u003eTackling Spiritual Issues\u003cbr\u003eThe Freedom \u003cbr\u003eThe Seed of Mind\u003cbr\u003eNo Escape \u003cbr\u003eSearch for Peace \u0026amp; Happiness\u003cbr\u003eDharma: Essentially A Rule of Interdependence\u003cbr\u003eFrowns over Consumption\u003cbr\u003eMaintaining Equilibrium\u003cbr\u003eShiva’s Dance\u003cbr\u003eAbode of Chakarsamwar\u003cbr\u003eThyangboche monstery: Mount Everest \u003cbr\u003eSuffering \u0026amp; Its Cessation spiritual Magnetism\u003cbr\u003eA Requiem for Human Relationship\u003cbr\u003eAdvent of Socialism\u003cbr\u003eAntiquity\u003cbr\u003eBuddhist Revival\u003cbr\u003eBuddha in Exile\u003cbr\u003eBonism In Himalayas\u003cbr\u003eThe Essence of Dzogchen\u003cbr\u003eBuddhist Monastery\u003cbr\u003eKyaung: the Buddhist Gurukul\u003cbr\u003eRoof of the World : A Reality\u003cbr\u003eLumbini, The Birthplace of Gautam, The Buddha Advayavajra\u003cbr\u003eThe Diadem of India\u003cbr\u003eOnce Almost Wholly Buddhist Ladakh Buddhist’s Land Ends\u003cbr\u003ePakistan Occupied Kashmir \u003cbr\u003eBuddhism in Dev Bhumi\u003cbr\u003eA Tribal Bodhisattva\u003cbr\u003eIndomitable Highlanders\u003cbr\u003eLand of Thunder Dragon\u003cbr\u003eThe Sacred Treasure of Padamsambhava\u003cbr\u003eBuddhist Chakma Tribals\u003cbr\u003eThe Land of Dawn lit Mountains\u003cbr\u003eAbode of Clouds\u003cbr\u003eKalimpong\u003cbr\u003eDarjeeling \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppraisal \u0026amp; Sum up\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTibetan Monasteries \u0026amp; Nunneries in India \u003cbr\u003eEight Buddhas In Ajanta\u003cbr\u003eTibetan Zang Zung Dictionary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"M G Chitkara \/ APH Publishing Corporation \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153524420976,"sku":"7069","price":101.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/7069.jpg?v=1793910682","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/encyclopaedia-of-buddhism-volume-vi","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}