Buddhism A Very Short Introduction Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• File Size : 37,6 Mb
• Release Date : 28 February 2013

Introduces Buddhism, looking at how the tradition began and how it evolved and explaining its central teachings and practices.

• Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
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• Release Date : 03 October 1996

This Very Short Introduction introduces the reader to the teachings of the Buddha and to the integration of Buddhism into daily life. What are the distinctive features of Buddhism? Who

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
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• Release Date : 10 May 2024

What does Tibetan Buddhism teach? Just what is the position of the Dalai Lama, and how will his succession be assured? This Very Short Introduction offers a brief account responding

• Publisher : OUP Oxford
• File Size : 55,9 Mb
• Release Date : 22 February 2001

Michael Carrithers guides us through the complex and sometimes conflicting information that Buddhist texts give about the life and teaching of the Buddha. He discusses the social and political background

• Publisher : Shambhala Publications
• File Size : 28,8 Mb
• Release Date : 17 July 2018

His Holiness the Dalai Lama presents the perfect introduction to traditional Tibetan Buddhist thought and practice, covering the Four Noble Truths and two essential texts. There is no one more

• Publisher : OUP Oxford
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• Release Date : 23 June 2005

The latter half of the twentieth century witnessed a growing interest in Buddhism, and it continues to capture the imagination of many in the West who see it as either

• Publisher : OUP Oxford
• File Size : 37,5 Mb
• Release Date : 22 February 2001

India has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious traditions. This Very Short Introduction emphasizes the

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• File Size : 20,6 Mb
• Release Date : 10 May 2024

A comprehensive overview of the study of Buddhist ethics in the twenty-first century.

• Publisher : OUP Oxford
• File Size : 49,7 Mb
• Release Date : 26 August 2004

This new dictionary, now available in paperback as part of the best-selling Oxford Paperback Reference series, covers both historical and contemporary issues in Buddhism, and includes all Buddhist schools and

• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• File Size : 26,7 Mb
• Release Date : 27 January 2011

Summary: Philosopher Stephen Law explains why humanism--though a rejection of religion--nevertheless provides both a moral basis and a meaning for our lives.-publisher description.