| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lending
|
Ernakulam Public Library General Stacks | Non-fiction | 294.3 SHE/GO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | E1100163 |
Browsing Ernakulam Public Library shelves, Shelving location: General Stacks, Collection: Non-fiction Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
| No cover image available | No cover image available | |||||||
| 294.3 PRA/TE TEACHING BUDDHISM | 294.3 RAK/BU BUDDHISM IN ASSAM : PAST AND PRESENT | 294.3 REV REVOLT IN THE TEMPLE | 294.3 SHE/GO GOD AS POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER : Buddha's Challenge to Brahminism | 294.3 SMI/BU BUDDIST WAY OF LIFE : Its Philosophy and History | 294.3 SRA SRAMANA VIDYA VOL.1 | 294.3 SUN BUDDHIST HERITAGE OF ODISHA |
In this provocative and scholarly book, Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd propounds a view of Gautama Buddha as India's first social revolutionary. Buddha did his best to give the principles of tribal democracy and egalitarianism a sanctuary in his own sangha. In so doing, he foreshadowed modern India's experiment with parliamentary democracy. Critical of the caste system, Buddha inducted low caste members into the sangha and made them his trusted advisers. He gave women an honoured place in the sangha. Dissent was indeed permitted, and even Buddha was not above the law. Pre-dating Socrates and Plato by some years, Buddha also foreshadowed key elements of their philosophy.
There are no comments on this title.