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1	The Essential Gombrich more books like this by Professor E H Gombrich, Richard Woodfield (Editor) add to wishlist Professor E.H. Gombrich is acknowledged as one of the most influential scholars and thinkers of the 20th century. His writings include three major narrative works - "The Story of Art", "Art and Illusion" and "The Sense of Order" - and ten volumes of collected essays and reviews. This anthology presents a selection from all these books, as well as ... see all copies from $8.45! new only from $19.94! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo more books like this by Richard Francis Gombrich add to wishlist "Theravada Buddhism" is widely recognised as the classic introduction to the branch of Buddhism found in Sri Lanka and parts of South East Asia. The Buddha preached in north-east India in about the fifth-century BC. He claimed that human beings are responsible for their own salvation, and put forward a new ideal of the holy life, establishing a ... see all copies from $6.48! new only from $30.13! \| SVS
3	Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka more books like this by Richard Gombrich, Gananath Obeyesekere add to wishlist In this study, a social and cultural anthropologist and a specialist in the study of religion pool their talents to examine recent changes in popular religion in Sri Lanka. As the Sinhalas themselves perceive it, Buddhism proper has always shared the religious arena with a spirit religion. While Buddhism concerns salvation, the spirit religion ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $20.10! \| first editions
4	Buddhist Precept & Practice more books like this by Richard Francis Gombrich add to wishlist First published in 1971, this is an empirical study of religion - particularly religious change. In it, Gombrich explores all aspects of religious change in belief and practice in Ceylon, not only in modern times but over the two and a half millennia during which Buddhism has flourished. see all copies from $19.03! new only from $19.03!
5	Reflections on the History of Art: Views and Reviews more books like this by Ernst Hans Gombrich, Richard Woodfield (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! first editions \| SVS
6	How Buddhism Began more books like this by Richard Francis Gombrich add to wishlist This book takes a fresh look at the earliest Buddhism texts and offers various suggestions how the teachings in them had developed. Two themes predominate. Firstly, it argues that we cannot understand the Buddha unless we understand that he was debating with other religious teachers, notably brahmins. For example, he denied the existence of a ... see all copies from $65.00! new only from $119.00!
7	How Buddhism Began: The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings more books like this by Richard Francis Gombrich add to wishlist Written by one of the world's top scholars in the field of Pali Buddhism, this new and updated edition of "How Buddhism Began", discusses various important doctrines and themes in early Buddhism. It takes "early Buddhism" to be that reflected in the Pali canon, and to some extent assumes that these doctrines reflect the teachings of the Buddha ... see all copies from $146.02! new only from $146.02!
8	Sanskrit : an introduction to the classical language more books like this by Michael Coulson add to wishlist Part of the "Teach Yourself" selection of books that look at a wide variety of subjects in a style designed to appeal to the general reader. This book introduces Sanskrit - the ancient and sacred language of Hindus in India. see all copies from $7.95! new only from $157.66!
9	Precept & Practice more books like this by Richard F Gombrich add to wishlist see all copies from $31.50! first editions
10	Buddhist Studies: Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference Volume 8 (V. 8) by Richard Gombrich, Cristina Scherrer-Schaub add to wishlist The impressive growth of Buddhist studies is the result of several factors. Important collections of manuscripts have been found, and monuments unearthed, in all parts of Asia, where Buddhism existed. Political and social events bringing together East and West have increased interest in scholarly research and religious practices. see all copies from $19.08! new only from $19.08! \| first editions
11	The World of Buddhism: Buddhist Monks and Nuns in Society and Culture more books like this by Heinz Bechert (Photographer), Richard Francis Gombrich (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $4.97! new only from $25.16! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Buddhist Precept and Practice: Traditional Buddhism in the Rural Highlands of Ceylon more books like this by Richard F. Gombrich add to wishlist This is an epoch-making piece of research which must mark a change in direction and appreciation. Dr. Gombrich is concerned with religious change in belief and practice. He concludes that Sinhalese Buddhism has been remarkably conservative and rejects the assumption that it degenerated from an original high standard. It would be very difficult to ... see all copies from $36.93! new only from $36.93!
13	Sir William Jones 1746-1794: A Commemoration more books like this by Alexander Murray (Editor), Richard Gombrich (Introduction by) add to wishlist Sir William Jones was one of the greatest polymaths in history. At the time of his early death in 1794 he knew 13 languages thoroughly and a further 28 moderately well, yet his languages were to him only a means of reaching a deeper understanding, in contrasting cultures, of law, history, literature, music, botany, and other disciplines. Elected ... see all copies from $49.86! new only from $101.97!
14	Oxford University Papers on India: Volume 2 Part 1: Indian Ritual and Its Exegesis more books like this by Richard Francis Gombrich (Editor) add to wishlist Written by leading experts in the fields of Sanskrit, Indology, and sociology, the articles collected here address the understanding of Indian ritual as described in sacred literature. see all copies from $26.99!
15	The Perfect Generosity of Prince Vessantara: A Buddhist Epic more books like this by Margaret Cone (Editor), Richard F Gombrich (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $393.39!
16	What the Buddha Thought more books like this by Richard F Gombrich add to wishlist In "What the Buddha Thought", Richard Gombrich argues that the Buddha was one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of all time. Intended to serve as an introduction to the Buddha's thought, and hence even to Buddhism itself, the book also has larger aims: it argues that we can know far more about the Buddha than it is fashionable among ... see all copies from $38.76! new only from $38.76!
17	Sanskrit by Michael Coulson, Richard Francis Gombrich, James D. Benson add to wishlist This new edition has been completely rekeyed to improve the quality of the print and small amendments and improvements have been made. see all copies from $29.10! new only from $35.99!
18	Buddhist studies : in honour of Hammalava Saddhatissa more books like this by H. Saddhatissa, Gatare Dhammapala, Richard Francis Gombrich, K. R. Norman add to wishlist see all copies from $19.04! new only from $19.04!
19	Der Buddhismus. Geschichte Und Gegenwart by Michael B. Carrithers Jane Bunnag, Robert K. Heinemann, Heinz Bechert, Richard Gombrich add to wishlist see all copies from $65.94!
20	Der Theravada-Buddhimus. Vom Alten Indien Bis Zum Modernen Sri Lanka by Richard Gombrich add to wishlist see all copies from $31.66! new only from $51.06!
21	Le Monde Du Bouddhisme by Heinz Bechert, And Gombrich, Richard add to wishlist see all copies from $27.95!
22	Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka more books like this by Gananath Obeyesekere, Richard F Gombrich add to wishlist In this study a social and cultural anthropologist and a specialist in the study of religion pool their talents to examine recent changes in popular religion in Sri Lanka. As the Sinhalas themselves perceive it, Buddhism proper has always shared the religious arena with a spirit religion. While Buddhism concerns salvation, the spirit religion ... see all copies from $38.00! first editions

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