Eastern Wisdom: Five Paths to Enlightenment: The Creed of Buddha, the Sayings of Lao Tzu, Hindu Mysticism, the Great Learning, the Yen - Softcover

Confucius; Tzu, Lao; DasGupta, S. N.

 
9781604593051: Eastern Wisdom: Five Paths to Enlightenment: The Creed of Buddha, the Sayings of Lao Tzu, Hindu Mysticism, the Great Learning, the Yen
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1604593059 ISBN 13: 9781604593051
Verlag: A & D Publishing, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Eastern Wisdom: Five Paths to Enlightenment explores Buddhism, Taoism, Hindu Mysticism, Confucianism, and Shinto. Here are spiritual paths that most Westerners have no real understanding of, but the wisdom here is both timeless and liberating. These five classics-The Creed of Buddha; The Sayings of Lao Tzu; The Yengishiki; The Great Learning, and Hindu Mysticism-are valuable introductions of the religions of the East.

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Reseña del editor

Eastern Wisdom: Five Paths to Enlightenment explores Buddhism, Taoism, Hindu Mysticism, Confucianism, and Shinto. Here are spiritual paths that most Westerners have no real understanding of, but the wisdom here is both timeless and liberating. These five classics-The Creed of Buddha; The Sayings of Lao Tzu; The Yengishiki; The Great Learning, and Hindu Mysticism-are valuable introductions of the religions of the East.

Biografía del autor

Burton Watson has taught at Columbia, Stanford, and Kyoto Universities and is one of the world's best-known translators of Chinese and Japanese works. His translations include The Tales of the Heike; The Lotus Sutra; the writings of Zhuangzi, Mozi, Xunzi, and Han Feizi; The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry; and Records of the Grand Historian.



Lao Tzu was a central figure in Taoism. According to Chinese tradition figures, that he is a mythical figure, or that he actually lived in the 4th century BC, concurrent with the Hundred Schools of Thought and Warring States Period.

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Verlag
A & D Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1604593059
ISBN 13 
9781604593051
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
248
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