Understanding Buddhism Origins*Beliefs*Practices*Holy Texts*Sacred Places

by Eckel, Malcolm David

• ISBN13: 9781907486142
• ISBN10: 1907486143
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-03
• Publisher: Watkins

Summary

Understanding Buddhism provides a succinct, authoritative, and accessible introduction to one of the great religious traditions. The book is organized around nine key themes. Origins and Historical Development, Aspects the Divine, Sacred Texts, Sacred Persons, Ethical Principles, Sacred Space, Sacred Time, Death and the Afterlife, and Society and Religion. Each of these themes is supplemented by extracts from or summaries of historical texts, with an author, commentary that explains the significance of each piece or places it in context. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Origins and Historical Development	p. 12
Extract and Commentary	p. 24
Aspects of the Divine	p. 26
Extract and Commentary	p. 34
Sacred Tests	p. 36
Extract and Commentary	p. 44
Sacred Persons	p. 46
Extract and Commentary	p. 54
Ethical Principles	p. 56
Extract and Commentary	p. 62
Sacred Space	p. 64
Extract and Commentary	p. 74
Sacred Time	p. 76
Extract and Commentary	p. 84
Death and the Afterlife	p. 86
Extract and Commentary	p. 94
Society and Religion	p. 96
Extract and Commentary	p. 104
Glossary	p. 106
General Bibliography	p. 107
Index	p. 108
Acknowledgments and Picture Credits	p. 112
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