Rituals & Practice, Ethics 

Language: EnglishPages: 196About the Book'Religion is a doing and doing what is moral.' In Buddhism, particularly, there is such a great emphasis on moral doing that is very often designated as an 'ethical religion' (silaparaka dharma). The present work seeks to study Buddhist ethics as a developmental process not only in terms of inner dynamics of Buddhism inherent in its doctrinal and ethical formulations, but also in terms of its response to various historical compulsions which motivated its followers to introduce in its general framework, novelties of forms and expressions. It is hoped that such an approach would lead to a greater appreciation of Buddhist ethics both as an emergent of a unique spiritual vision and a social force. The book which is divided in six chapters cover the entire range of Buddhist development in India. The work is novel both in its approach and treatment of the subject. It studies conceptual formulations in their proper historical contexts. Modem debates on various ethical problems have been taken into account to bring about greater clarity in discussions.About the AuthorDr. C.S.P. Misra was Professor in the department of History and Indian culture, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He has published several books: The of Vinaya (New Delhi, 1972); Bharatiya Abhilekha Samgraha, Hindi translation of Fleet's Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, vol III (Jaipur, 1973); Pracina Bharatiya Samaja evam Arthavyavastha (Jaipur, 1973); and has also contributed six chapters in itihasa: Swaru.pa roam Siddhanta, a book on history of philosophy edited by Prof. C.C. Pan de (Jaipur, 1973). He has also contributed over twenty research articles which are published in reputed journals in Indian and abroad.Preface