An edition of The Buddhist handbook (1987)

The Buddhist handbook

a complete guide to Buddhist schools, teaching, practice, and history

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An edition of The Buddhist handbook (1987)

The Buddhist handbook

a complete guide to Buddhist schools, teaching, practice, and history

[Revised and updated ed.].

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Completely revised and updated, The Buddhist Handbook is the definitive guide to the world of Buddhist teaching, practice, schools, and history. A comprehensive and unbiased survey of Buddhism's many traditions and their contemporary exponents throughout the world, The Buddhist Handbook provides essential information for those who wish to explore the various traditions thoroughly and find the one best suited to their needs. For those already practicing in a particular school of Buddhism, it offers illuminating insight into the teachings of other schools, as well as a Who's Who of contemporary teachers, writers, and practitioners. - Back cover.

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Inner Traditions
Language
English
Pages
345

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1987, Century, Century Hutchinson Ltd, Ebury Publishing
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Rochester, VT

Table of Contents

A note on language
Caveat
Part 1 : Prologue.
Why Buddhism?
The heart of the matter
Part 2 : The Buddha.
The Indian background
The Buddha : the early years
The Buddha : the teaching career
Part 3 : The basic teachings and practices.
The Buddhist world view
The basic teachings and practices
Part 4 : The development of Buddhism in India.
Four councils and eighteen schools
Mahayana
Tantra
Part 5 : The spread of Buddhism.
The Southern transmission : Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Kampuchea, and Indonesia
The Northern transmission : The Northwestern springboard and the Silk Route
The Northern transmission : China
The Northern transmission : Vietnam and Korea
The Northern transmission : Japan
The Northern transmission : Tibet
The Northern transmission : Mongolia, Russia, Himalayan region, Nepal, and Bhutan
Part 6 : Buddhism comes West.
Slow beginnings
The flowing of the lotus
The North American connection
Buddhism and psychotherapy
Appendix I : Who's who in Buddhism : a modern Western perspective
Appendix II : Useful addresses
Appendix III : Major Buddhist festivals
Appendix IV : Further reading

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-339) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
294.3, 294.3
Library of Congress
BQ4012 .S64 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
345 p.
Number of pages
345
Dimensions
23 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3699900M
Internet Archive
buddhisthandbook0000snel_c2y2
ISBN 10
0892817615
ISBN 13
9780892817610
LCCN
2003265374
Library Thing
163089
Goodreads
627499

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