Essentials of Buddhism
Title | Essentials of Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Kogen Mizuno |
Publisher | |
Pages | 291 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Essential Buddhism
Title | Essential Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Maguire |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2013-09-03 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1476761965 |
Four hundred million people call themselves Buddhists today. Yet most Westerners know little about this powerful, Eastern-spawned faith. How did it begin? What do its adherents believe? Why are so many Westerners drawn to it? Essential Buddhism responds to these questions and many more, offering an accessible, global perspective on the religion's past, present, and future. It identifies how the principal concepts and practices originated and evolved through diverse cultural adaptations into three basic formats: * Theraveda (including Vipassana, brought from Vietnam in the 1960s and including such practitioners as Jack Kornfield and Jon Kapat-Zinn) * Mahayana (including Zen Buddhism, originally brought to America by Japanese teachers after World War II and popularized by Jack Kerouac and Thomas Merton) * Vajrayana (including Tibetan Buddhism, from the teachers who fled the Chinese takeover of Tibet in the 1950s as well as the Dalai Lama, and embraced by Allen Ginsberg, Richard Gere, and countless others) Essential Buddhism is the single best resource for the novice and the expert alike, exploring the depths of Buddhism's popularity and illuminating its tenets and sensible approach to living. Written in the lucid prose of a longtime professional storyteller, and full of Buddhist tales, scriptural quotes, ancient stories, and contemporary insights, Essential Buddhism is the first complete guide to the faith and the phenomenon.
Essentials of Buddhism
Title | Essentials of Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Pategama Gnanarama |
Publisher | |
Pages | 207 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Buddhism |
ISBN | 9789810428907 |
An Illustrated Outline of Buddhism
Title | An Illustrated Outline of Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | William Stoddart |
Publisher | World Wisdom, Inc |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1936597268 |
An Illustrated Outline of Buddhism is an ideal introduction to the vast and complex field of Buddhism, a world religion with more than a billion followers. In its short format and accessible style, it presents the essential features of the Buddhist religion with a clear yet concise style that is suitable for both the general reader and student of Buddhism. This fully color edition contains 40 color illustrations, including a stunning array of outstanding examples of Buddhist art, architecture, statuary, and calligraphy. Numerous maps, diagrams, and charts are included to illustrate important aspects of Buddhist beliefs and to summarize the different cultural forms and developmental phases of Buddhism. A select bibliography for further reading and a detailed index will also aid the reader.
The Everything Essential Buddhism Book
Title | The Everything Essential Buddhism Book PDF eBook |
Author | Arnie Kozak |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2015-06-12 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1440589836 |
Your concise guide to Buddhism, mindfulness, and meditation! The Everything Essential Buddhism Book is your beginner's guide to the Buddhist principles of nonviolence, mindfulness, and self-awareness. Learn about the deceptively simple truths of this enigmatic religion, including: The life of Buddha and his continuing influence throughout the world Buddha's teachings and the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism The Noble Eightfold Path and how it should guide you What the Sutras say about education, marriage, sex, and death The proven physiological effects of meditation The growing impact of Buddhism on modern American culture Also included is instruction for the many forms of Buddhist meditation, including Zen and Tibetan practices. Most important, you will learn how you can apply the tenets of Buddhism to your daily life--and achieve clarity and inner peace in the process.
Essential Chan Buddhism
Title | Essential Chan Buddhism PDF eBook |
Author | Guo Jun |
Publisher | Monkfish Book Publishing |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2013-04-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0983358915 |
An inspiring introduction to Chan Buddhism in a value-priced hardcover edition. Perfect for daily spiritual guidance and gifts.
The Essentials of Buddhist Philosophy
Title | The Essentials of Buddhist Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Junjiro Takakusu |
Publisher | Motilal Banarsidass |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2014-01-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 8120804295 |
Buddhism had already spread far into other countries before it declined in India in the eleventh century A.D. Hinayana flourished in Ceylone, Burma, Siam and Cambodia; Mystic Buddhism developed in Tibet; Mahayana grew in China. In Japan, the whole of Buddhism became the living and active faith of the masses. The present study relates to Japanese Buddhism, as in Japan alone the whole of Buddhism is preserved. The author presents Buddhist Philosophy in an ideological sequence and not in its historical sequence as Prof. Stcherbatsky has done in his Buddhist logic. But the ideological sequence as presented by the author is not the sequence in the development of ideas; it is rather the systematization of the different schools of thought for the purpose of an easier approach. Divided into fifteen chapters, the book deals with different schools of Buddhist Philosophy. The author has grouped these schools under two heads: (1) the schools of negative rationalism, i.e. the religion of Dialectic Investigation, and (2) the schools of Introspective Intuitionism, i.e. the Religion of Meditative Experience. The author treats these schools in the most scientific and elaborate way.