This volume seeks to understand early Buddhist teachings as a critical response to the binary opposition between two perennial world- views, spiritual eternalism, and materialist annihilationism.
What is the purpose of becoming a bhikkhu? How should one get about being a bhikkhu? What are the rituals and meditations which one should observe as a bhikkhu? How should a bhikkhu prepare his robes and behave when accepting alms? – The learned thera explains all, which has been translated into lucid English by D.J. Percy Silva. It is a handbook to be cherished by all the bhikkhus in the Theravada tradition.
Causality The Central Philosophy of Buddhism - In recent years Western interest in Buddhism has been directed mainly to Mahayana traditions, principally to the Madhyamika school of Nagarjuna and to Zen. Professor Kalupahana is to be warmly commended for turning our attention back to the philosophical riches of the early schools, where , together with profound spiritual concerns, a good deal of sharp philosophical analysis is to be found. The author offers us as well a comprehensive historical background to Buddhist ' phenomenalism' and unravels many of the complexities in the schools associated with the so-called Theravada tradition and the later Mahayana developments.