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Author | : Melford E. Spiro |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 535 |
Release | : 1982-05-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0520046722 |
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The current Western interest in Buddhism and other Eastern religions is--among other reasons--both the result of and the stimulation for an entire library of books purporting to bring the Wisdom of the East to an audience for whom the wisdom of the West has failed. This book is not an example of that genre. It is an attempt to interpret Buddhism in the light of some current theories about religion. As a work of scholarship, rather than a homiletic tract or an apologetic treatise, its aim is to understand Buddhism as one historical variant of the generic human attempt to find meaning and hope in a sacred order that transcends the mundane order of existence; its aime is not to encourage or discourage either a devotional or a soteriological interest in Buddhism.
Author | : Melford E. Spiro |
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Total Pages | : 540 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
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Author | : Robert Wright |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : 2017-08-08 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1439195471 |
Download Why Buddhism is True Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
From one of America’s most brilliant writers, a New York Times bestselling journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness. At the heart of Buddhism is a simple claim: The reason we suffer—and the reason we make other people suffer—is that we don’t see the world clearly. At the heart of Buddhist meditative practice is a radical promise: We can learn to see the world, including ourselves, more clearly and so gain a deep and morally valid happiness. In this “sublime” (The New Yorker), pathbreaking book, Robert Wright shows how taking this promise seriously can change your life—how it can loosen the grip of anxiety, regret, and hatred, and how it can deepen your appreciation of beauty and of other people. He also shows why this transformation works, drawing on the latest in neuroscience and psychology, and armed with an acute understanding of human evolution. This book is the culmination of a personal journey that began with Wright’s landmark book on evolutionary psychology, The Moral Animal, and deepened as he immersed himself in meditative practice and conversed with some of the world’s most skilled meditators. The result is a story that is “provocative, informative and...deeply rewarding” (The New York Times Book Review), and as entertaining as it is illuminating. Written with the wit, clarity, and grace for which Wright is famous, Why Buddhism Is True lays the foundation for a spiritual life in a secular age and shows how, in a time of technological distraction and social division, we can save ourselves from ourselves, both as individuals and as a species.
Author | : Melford Elliot Spiro |
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Release | : 1972 |
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Author | : Eric Cheetham |
Publisher | : PeriplusEdition |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
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Download Fundamentals of Mainstream Buddhism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Translating the Buddhist sutras, as well as the major texts and commentaries of the first centuries after the BuddhaAEs death, Eric Cheetham--of the distinguished Buddhist Society of London--seeks out Buddhism's fundamental teachings.
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Total Pages | : 778 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Buddha (The concept) |
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Author | : Kitsiri Malalgoda |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2023-12-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0520324463 |
Download Buddhism in Sinhalese Society 1750-1900 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.
Author | : Jacques Gernet |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780231114110 |
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Translated and revised by respected scholar of Chinese religions Franciscus Verellen, who has worked closely with Gernet, this edition includes new references, an extensive, up-to-date bibliography, and a comprehensive index.
Author | : Narendra K. Wagle |
Publisher | : Popular Prakashan |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : India |
ISBN | : 9788171545537 |
Download Society at the Time of the Buddha Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
On social structure at the time of Gautama Buddha based on Tipitạka.
Author | : Wendy Cadge |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2008-10-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0226089010 |
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Theravada is one of the three main branches of Buddhism. In Asia it is practiced widely in Thailand, Laos, Burma, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia. This fascinating ethnography opens a window onto two communities of Theravada Buddhists in contemporary America: one outside Philadelphia that is composed largely of Thai immigrants and one outside Boston that consists mainly of white converts. Wendy Cadge first provides a historical overview of Theravada Buddhism and considers its specific origins here in the United States. She then brings her findings to bear on issues of personal identity, immigration, cultural assimilation, and the nature of religion in everyday life. Her work is the first systematic comparison of the ways in which immigrant and convert Buddhists understand, practice, and adapt the Buddhist tradition in America. The men and women whom Cadge meets and observes speak directly to us in this work, both in their personal testimonials and as they meditate, pray, and practice Buddhism. Creative and insightful, Heartwood will be of enormous value to sociologists of religion and anyone wishing to understand the rise of Buddhism in the Western world.