Buddhism from a Catholic Perspective

✍ Scribed by Paul Williams

• Publisher: Catholic Truth Society
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 52
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Buddhism is recognised as one of the world’s great religions, yet it is probably the least understood. Paul Williams, Professor of Indian and Tibetan Philosophy and convert to Catholicism, explains the main tenets of Buddhism and its methods of prayer and meditation, comparing and contrasting them with the Catholic faith.

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 2
Contents......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
What is Buddhism?......Page 6
The Buddha......Page 7
The Dharma......Page 10
The teaching of not-Self......Page 14
The Saṃgha......Page 16
Buddhist meditation......Page 20
Nostra Aetate......Page 25
Dialogue......Page 26
Key differences......Page 29
Reincarnation......Page 33
Suffering......Page 35
On meditation......Page 42

✦ Subjects

Buddhism, Catholicism, Theology, Mahayana