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Description:Dharmaananda Kosambi (1876–1947), a pioneer scholar of Pali and Buddhist studies, was born in rural Goa and came under the spell of the Buddha's teachings during his adolescence. At an early age he set off on an incredible journey of austere self-training across the length and breadth of Britain's Indian Empire, halting to educate himself at places connected with Buddhism.Dharmananda subsequently blended Buddhist ethics, Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of truth and non-violence, and the ideals of socialism. He exchanged letters with the Mahatma, worked for his causes, and died in the approved Buddhist/Jain manner by voluntary starvation at Sevagram ashram. Arguably, no Indian scholar's life has been as exemplary as Dharmananda's, or his approximated as closely to the nobility and saintliness of the Mahatma's. In this collection of Dharmananda's most important writings, Meera Kosambi shows that manifold dimensions of his personality and the profoundly moral character of his intellectual journeys. Her introduction contextualizes the life, career, and achievement of one of the modern India's greatest scholar-savants.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Essential Writings. To get started finding The Essential Writings, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Dharmaananda Kosambi (1876–1947), a pioneer scholar of Pali and Buddhist studies, was born in rural Goa and came under the spell of the Buddha's teachings during his adolescence. At an early age he set off on an incredible journey of austere self-training across the length and breadth of Britain's Indian Empire, halting to educate himself at places connected with Buddhism.Dharmananda subsequently blended Buddhist ethics, Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of truth and non-violence, and the ideals of socialism. He exchanged letters with the Mahatma, worked for his causes, and died in the approved Buddhist/Jain manner by voluntary starvation at Sevagram ashram. Arguably, no Indian scholar's life has been as exemplary as Dharmananda's, or his approximated as closely to the nobility and saintliness of the Mahatma's. In this collection of Dharmananda's most important writings, Meera Kosambi shows that manifold dimensions of his personality and the profoundly moral character of his intellectual journeys. Her introduction contextualizes the life, career, and achievement of one of the modern India's greatest scholar-savants.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Essential Writings. To get started finding The Essential Writings, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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