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Introducing Buddhism / Charles S. Prebish and Damien Keown.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: World religions (Routledge (Firm))Publisher: London : Routledge, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 2nd edDescription: xviii, 322 pages illustrations, maps 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780415550000
  • 0415550009
  • 0415550017
  • 9780415550017
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ266 .P74 2010
Other classification:
  • Cmec
Contents:
Background to Buddhism -- The Buddha -- The Dharma -- The Buddhist Sangha -- Buddhism in India -- Mahāyāna -- Meditation -- Buddhism in Southeast Asia -- Buddhism in East Asia -- Buddhism in Tibet -- Buddhism in the Western world -- Socially engaged Buddhism -- Ethics -- Reflections on the nature and study of Buddhism -- Appendixes.
Summary: "Introducing Buddhism is the ideal resource for all students beginning the study of this fascinating religious tradition. It explains the religion's key teachings and traces its historical development and geographical spread of from its foundations up to present day. Charles S. Prebish and Damien Keown, two of today's leading Buddhist scholars, devote a chapter each to the major regions where Buddhism has flourished - India, South-east Asia, East Asia and Tibet. In addition, contemporary concerns are discussed, including important and relevant topics such as Engaged Buddhism, Buddhist Ethics, Buddhism and the Western World and Meditation."--Pub. desc.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Bok Almedalsbiblioteket Vuxen Cme Available 80049240762
Total holds: 0

Previous edition: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Background to Buddhism -- The Buddha -- The Dharma -- The Buddhist Sangha -- Buddhism in India -- Mahāyāna -- Meditation -- Buddhism in Southeast Asia -- Buddhism in East Asia -- Buddhism in Tibet -- Buddhism in the Western world -- Socially engaged Buddhism -- Ethics -- Reflections on the nature and study of Buddhism -- Appendixes.

"Introducing Buddhism is the ideal resource for all students beginning the study of this fascinating religious tradition. It explains the religion's key teachings and traces its historical development and geographical spread of from its foundations up to present day. Charles S. Prebish and Damien Keown, two of today's leading Buddhist scholars, devote a chapter each to the major regions where Buddhism has flourished - India, South-east Asia, East Asia and Tibet. In addition, contemporary concerns are discussed, including important and relevant topics such as Engaged Buddhism, Buddhist Ethics, Buddhism and the Western World and Meditation."--Pub. desc.

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