Basic Buddhist concepts /
One of the world's oldest and greatest religions, Buddhism -- like its companions, Christianity and Islam -- has experienced schism and division which scatter its teachings among separate sects, nations and sets of ritual practice. Nonetheless, it is possible to identify common teachings which...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translation of: Bukkyō to wa nani ka. |
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Tokyo :
Kosei Pub. Co.,
1987.
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| Edition: | 1st English ed. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | One of the world's oldest and greatest religions, Buddhism -- like its companions, Christianity and Islam -- has experienced schism and division which scatter its teachings among separate sects, nations and sets of ritual practice. Nonetheless, it is possible to identify common teachings which form the essence of Buddhist belief. This book provides lucid explanations of such fundamental concepts as the Three Treasures, the seals of the law, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, the law of causation, and the threefold learning -- teachings that all Buddhists honor, which bare the heart of this complicated and magnificently profound religion. |
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| Physical Description: | 175 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes index. |
| ISBN: | 4333012031 9784333012039 |