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Understanding Buddhism: Key Themes - Softcover

Dumoulin, Heinrich

 
9780834802971: Understanding Buddhism: Key Themes

Synopsis

An illuminating survey of key teachings, practices, and beliefs, including discussion of ancient and modern contacts between Buddhism and Western thought. Translated and adapted from the German by Joseph S. O'Leary. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Synopsis

A broad presentation of the key Buddhist teaching, practices and beliefs for the Western reader. It discusses ancient and modern contacts between Buddhism and Western thought, and introduces core Buddhist ideas - suffering, impermanence and non-self; knowledge and faith; wisdom and compassion; meditation; transcendance and the absolute; and the person of the Buddha.

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