Introducing Buddha - Softcover

Hope, Jane; Van Loon, Borin

 
9781840460766: Introducing Buddha
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1840460768 ISBN 13: 9781840460766
Verlag: Icon Books, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Meditation, Karma, Zen, Tantric, Nirvana - these are some of the many Buddhist ideas that have entered our Western popular idiom, usually inappropriately and half-baked. What is the truth of Buddhism, its history and variety of practices? This vast and complex non-theistic religion is woven into the fabric of Asian civilizations, from India to the Himalayan regions, China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan and elsewhere. Introducing Buddha describes the life and teachings of the Buddha, but it also shows that enlightenment is a matter of experiencing the truth individually and by inspiration which is passed from teacher to student. Superbly illustrated by Borin Van Loon, the book illuminates this process through a rich legacy of stories and explains the practices of meditation, Taoism and Zen. It goes on to describe the role of Buddhism in modern Asia and its growing influence on Western thought.

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Verlag
Icon Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1840460768
ISBN 13 
9781840460766
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
176
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