{"product_id":"2364","title":"Buddhist Essays 1: Five Titles","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe essays in this collection have been written over a period of nearly fifty years. During the first forty years of this I was a house-holder. It is only at the age of sixty-nine that I took to the life of a Buddhist monk. From the age of twenty-five I have been a teacher of Buddhism and the Pāli language at Universities, both here and abroad, and have handled these disciplines all my life for more than forty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese five essays cover four major areas. Two deal with aesthetic enjoyment and concepts of beauty as envisioned in Buddhism. As one would always discover in my writings, one may see in these two essays some elements of provocative thinking. I am fully conscious of this as I write. But I have also to be sensitive to what I read in the original texts and to come to grips with what they endeavor to communicate. I would rise up even to agree to disagree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNext we take up the very challenging question of the position of women in Buddhism. It is known to be a subject of endless debate. Let us talk about it with a desirable academic detachment and an honest awareness of the purpose of our controversies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVery few people know about Buddhism's concern for social growth and development. We devote one essay for the analytical and evaluative study of human resources. Why should it lie idle or be recklessly used?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, we examine the reality of death in life and use it as a source of inspiration and guidance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Author's Preface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Aesthetic Enjoyment within the Framework of Buddhist Thinking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Buddhism and Beauty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Woman within the Religious frame of Buddhism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. The Human resource as viewed from the Buddhist Religio-cultural Angle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Death - Let it be thy Guide Through Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.lk\/library-search-select.php?id=wh446\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eView eBook versions for free on the BPS site.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are a total of 447 Wheels published by the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS), with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/Wheel-Publications_c_386.html\"\u003e222 titles listed on our website\u003c\/a\u003e. However, many of these are currently out of stock. Please note that items which are out of stock will not be re-stocked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an individual Wheel is out of stock, it can be found within the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/search.asp?keyword=collected%20wheel\"\u003eCollected Wheel Publications (BPS edition)\u003c\/a\u003e. There are 29 Collected Wheel Publications (BPS edition), each containing 15 individual Wheels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePariyatti has also started publishing the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/collected-wheel-publications-bpe\"\u003eCollected Wheel Publications (Pariyatti edition)\u003c\/a\u003e, which also include 15 individual Wheels each. We have completed Volumes 1 through 13 (available in both print and e-book versions), and the remaining volumes will be released in the coming years. Free PDF copies of the Collected Wheel Publication (Pariyatti edition) are also available on our website.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditionally, you can download free PDF copies of individual titles from the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.lk\/library_wheels.php\"\u003eBPS website\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dhammavihari, Bhikkhu","offers":[{"title":"$75","offer_id":42108821962846,"sku":"BPS:403446","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$100","offer_id":42108821995614,"sku":"BPS:403446","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$50","offer_id":42108822028382,"sku":"BPS:403446","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$25","offer_id":42108822061150,"sku":"BPS:403446","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$15","offer_id":42108822093918,"sku":"BPS:403446","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$10","offer_id":42108822126686,"sku":"BPS:403446","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$5","offer_id":42108822159454,"sku":"BPS:403446","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$0","offer_id":42108822192222,"sku":"BPS:403446","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/403446.jpg?v=1760548058","url":"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/products\/2364","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}