Introducing Buddhism / Charles S. Prebish and Damien Keown.
Introducing Buddhism / Charles S. Prebish and Damien Keown.
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London : Routledge, c2010.
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N294.3/103
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 322 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Background to Buddhism -- The Buddha -- The Dharma -- The Buddhist Sangha -- Buddhism in India -- Mahāyāna -- Meditation -- Buddhism in Southeast Asia -- Buddhism in East Asia -- Buddhism in Tibet -- Buddhism in the Western world -- Socially engaged Buddhism -- Ethics -- Reflections on the nature...
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Publisher
London : Routledge, c2010.
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2010.
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Summary
"Introducing Buddhism is the ideal resource for all students beginning the study of this fascinating religious tradition. It explains the religion's key teachings and traces its historical development and geographical spread of from its foundations up to present day. Charles S. Prebish and Damien Keown, two of today's leading Buddhist scholars, dev...
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Introducing Buddhism / Charles S. Prebish and Damien Keown.
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World religions series.
Previous ed.: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2010.
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N294.3/103
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74Vv5QVrGwgg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv5QVrGwgg
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ISBN
0415550017 (pbk.)
9780415550000 (hbk.)
0415550009 (hbk.)
9780415550017 (pbk.)
DDC
294.3
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991017810819702626
