The complete idiot's guide to Buddhism
Item details
- ISBN: 9781592579112 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1592579116 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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xxiv, 387 p. : ill ; 23 cm. - Edition: 3rd ed.
- Publisher: New York : Alpha, c2009.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-370) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | PART 1: BUDDHA, SHOWING THE WAY: The teachings of a smile: the life of the Buddha -- Different flavors, one taste: the teachings travel to different lands -- Interfaith: same mountain, different trails -- The newest petal of the lotus: Western Buddhism -- PART 2: DHARMA: TRUTH, AND THE WAY TO TRUTH: Gem of refuge, ennobling truth -- Buddha's way: the eightfold path -- Take Karma, make Dharma: key points -- Conscious conduct: precepts for a path with a heart -- PART 3: SANGHA: JOINING THE PATH: Stepping into freedom: establishing a practice -- Meditation: base camp -- Look within: insight meditation -- Gate to the source: Zen -- The way is easy and wide: Buddha's pure land -- Diamond way: Tibetan Buddhism -- PART 4: BUDDHISM IN ACTION: APPLICATIONS IN EVERYDAY LIFE: Bringing it all back home: relations -- It's not just a job, it's life itself: right livelihood -- Food for the heart: the meal of life -- Everybody's doing it: Buddhism and popular culture -- Awakening ways of seeing and being: Dharma art -- Life within us and without us: Buddhism and science -- Is happiness an individual matter?: engaged Buddhism -- APPENDIXES: A: Buddhism in a one-page book: quick reference -- B: The vocabulary of silence: a Buddhist glossary -- C. From the trees to thee: further reads. |
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