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A manual of Buddhist Cosmology / William Montgomery Mcgovern.

By: McGovern William MontgomeryMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi. Cosmo Publications; 2014. Edition: 2014Description: 233 p . ; hardbound 24x25cmISBN: 978-81-307-1728-9DDC classification: 181.043
Contents:
Introduction 1. The study of Buddhist philosophy 2. The divisions of Buddhist cosmology 3. The three Cosmological schools 4. Sources of reference Particular authorities selected for the present work Part I 1. Cosmic synthesis 2. Cosmic geography 3. The devisions of the three Bhatus 4. The world of sentient beings Part II (A)the subjective classification 1. The five skandhas 2. The twelve Ayatanas and the eighteen Dhatus a) The five sense objects b)The sense organs c) Sense perceiving aspects of consciousness a) The sense object b) sense organ c) The sense perceiving consciousness B) The objective classification I. The Asamskrta Dharmas II. Rupa or Matter a)The ultimate material elements b) The derivative Dharmas i) The sense organs ii) The sense objects iii) Atoms and molecules iv) The eleventh category of the northern schools III. Citta, or mind I. General mental properties II. Meritorious mental properties III. Demeritorious mental properties IV. The indeterminate mental properties General discussion of the Caitasikas V. The citta- Viprayukta Dharmas PArt III Cosmic Dynamics
Summary: The Buddhist cosmology which is presented in commentaries and works of Abhidharma in both Theravada and Mahayana traditions, is the end-product of an analysis and reconciliation of cosmological comments found in the Buddhist sutra and Vinaya traditions. No single sutra sets out the entire structure of the universe. However, in several sutras the Buddha describes other worlds and states of being, and other sutras describe the origin and destruction of the universe. The synthesis of these data into a single comprehensive system must have taken place early in the history of Buddhism.
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Introduction
1. The study of Buddhist philosophy
2. The divisions of Buddhist cosmology
3. The three Cosmological schools
4. Sources of reference
Particular authorities selected for the present work
Part I
1. Cosmic synthesis
2. Cosmic geography
3. The devisions of the three Bhatus
4. The world of sentient beings
Part II
(A)the subjective classification
1. The five skandhas
2. The twelve Ayatanas and the eighteen Dhatus
a) The five sense objects
b)The sense organs
c) Sense perceiving aspects of consciousness
a) The sense object
b) sense organ
c) The sense perceiving consciousness
B) The objective classification
I. The Asamskrta Dharmas
II. Rupa or Matter
a)The ultimate material elements
b) The derivative Dharmas
i) The sense organs
ii) The sense objects
iii) Atoms and molecules
iv) The eleventh category of the northern schools
III. Citta, or mind
I. General mental properties
II. Meritorious mental properties
III. Demeritorious mental properties
IV. The indeterminate mental properties
General discussion of the Caitasikas
V. The citta- Viprayukta Dharmas
PArt III
Cosmic Dynamics

The Buddhist cosmology which is presented in commentaries and works of Abhidharma in both Theravada and Mahayana traditions, is the end-product of an analysis and reconciliation of cosmological comments found in the Buddhist sutra and Vinaya traditions. No single sutra sets out the entire structure of the universe. However, in several sutras the Buddha describes other worlds and states of being, and other sutras describe the origin and destruction of the universe. The synthesis of these data into a single comprehensive system must have taken place early in the history of Buddhism.

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