The Heart of Buddhism: A Simple Introduction to Buddhist Practice

✍ Scribed by Guy Claxton

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This classic Buddhist title explains why Buddhism is now so appropriate to our personal, social and global situation. Unlike many other religions, Buddhism is very well suited to a secular age. It offers a practical, comprehensible way to achieve peace of mind and generosity of spirit. Buddhism requires no adherence to obscure beliefs, and is mainly concerned with improving the quality of our everyday life. Guy Claxton's fascinating book explains all the ways in which Buddhism is so appropriate to our particular times and global predicament. It describes how we can help ourselves individually, with a teacher, or in a group, through understanding, meditation and communication.

✦ Subjects

Education; Essays; Philosophy; Nonfiction; EDU000000; EDU042000; PHI028000

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

Buddhism Goes to the Movies: Introductio

📁 Buddhism Goes to the Movies: Introduction to Buddhist Thought and Practice

✍ Ronald Green 📂 Library 📅 2013 🏛 Routledge 🌐 English

<p><em>Buddhism Goes to the Movies: Introduction to Buddhist Thought and Practice</em> explains the basics of Buddhist philosophy and practice through a number of dramatic films from around the world. This book introduces readers in a dynamic way to the major traditions of Buddhism: the Theravāda, a

Philological Approach to Buddhism: Buddh

📁 Philological Approach to Buddhism: Buddhist Forum

✍ K. R. Norman 📂 Library 📅 1997 🌐 English

This volume contains slightly revised versions of the lectures given by Professor Norman as Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai Visiting Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies from January to March 1994. The lectures are designed for readers with little

The Buddhist Path: A Practical Guide fro

📁 The Buddhist Path: A Practical Guide from the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism

✍ Khenchen Palden Sherab, Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal 📂 Library 📅 2010 🏛 Snow Lion Publications 🌐 English

A pragmatic and down-to-earth introduction to Tibetan Buddhism as practiced in the Nyingma or ancient tradition - the most long-standing tradition of Tibetan Buddhism - presented by two of its most respected and popular teachers, The Khenpo Brothers. More than an introductory teaching, The Buddhist

General Buddhism - Buddhist Pilgrimage

📁 General Buddhism - Buddhist Pilgrimage

📂 Library 🌐 English

A Critique of Western Buddhism: Ruins of

📁 A Critique of Western Buddhism: Ruins of the Buddhist Real

✍ Glenn Wallis 📂 Library 📅 2018 🏛 Bloomsbury Academic 🌐 English

What are we to make of Western Buddhism? Glenn Wallis argues that in aligning their tradition with the contemporary wellness industry, Western Buddhists evade the consequences of Buddhist thought. This book shows that with concepts such as vanishing, nihility, extinction, contingency, and no-self, B

A Critique of Western Buddhism: Ruins of

📁 A Critique of Western Buddhism: Ruins of the Buddhist Real

✍ Glenn Wallis 📂 Library 📅 2018 🏛 Bloomsbury Academic 🌐 English