OPUS series. The foundations of Buddhism
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0192892231
ISBN 13
9780192892232
Category
Publication Year
1998
Publisher
Subject
Buddhism.
Series Name
Description
xi, 333 pages : 20 cm.; "Opus"--Cover.; The Buddha : the story of the Awakened One -- The word of the Buddha : Buddhist scriptures and schools -- Four truths : the disease, the cause, the cure, the medicine -- The Buddhist community : monks, nuns, and lay followers -- The Buddhist cosmos : the thrice-thousandfold world -- No self : personal continuity and dependent arising -- The Buddhism path : the way of calm and insight -- The Abhidharma : the higher teaching -- The Mahāyāna : the great vehicle -- Evolving traditions of Buddhism : south, east, north, and west.; In this introduction to the foundations of Buddhism, Rupert Gethin concentrates on the ideas and practices which constitute the common heritage of the different traditions of Buddhism (Theravāda, Tibetan and Eastern) which exist in the world today.;
Biblio Notes
38392391
Number of Copies
1
