Download Free The Majjhima Nikaya The First Fifty Discoursed From The Collection Of The Medium Length Discourses And Abridged From The Pali Book in PDF and EPUB Free Download. You can read online The Majjhima Nikaya The First Fifty Discoursed From The Collection Of The Medium Length Discourses And Abridged From The Pali and write the review.

The 152 discourses that form this major collection combine a rich variety of contextual settings with a deep & comprehensive assortment of teachings. A companion volume to The Long Discourses of the Buddha. 1995 winner of Choice Magazine's "Outstanding Academic Book" Award.
Shinsho Hanayama's Bibliography on Buddhism is the best reference work for articles and books on the subject written during the last two centuries: the 19th and 20th. It is comprehensive covering the major European research journals in English , French and German. Prof. Hanayama prepared the entry cards in the libraries at Tokyo, London, Paris, Berlin and Heidelberg. The reviews of works have been included. The articles in the Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics are entered, as they are important contributions by eminent scholars like T.W. Rhys Davids and Louis de la Vallee Poussin. The entries are alphabetised under the name of authors. A comprehensive index enhances its utility. With 15073 entries, it is a sine qua non for any scholar working on Buddhist art, philosophy, literature, history, and of any Buddhist country.
The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta is the most influential scripture in Buddhist meditation. It is the foundation text for the modern schools of 'vipassanā' or 'insight' meditation. The well-known Pali discourse is, however, only one of many early Buddhist texts that deal with mindfulness. This is the first full-scale study to encompass all extant versions of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, taking into account the dynamic evolution of the Buddhist scriptures and the broader Indian meditative culture. A new vision emerges from this groundbreaking study: mindfulness is not a system of 'dry insight' but is the 'way to convergence' leading the mind to deep states of peace.