A Buddhist Spectrum
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A Buddhist Spectrum
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Author : Marco Pallis
language : en
Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
Release Date : 2003
A Buddhist Spectrum written by Marco Pallis and has been published by World Wisdom, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Religion categories.
Essays distilling a lifetime of thought and practice by one of the earliest explorers of both the physical landscape of Tibet as well as it Vajrayana tradition.
A Buddhist Spectrum
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Author : Marco Pallis
language : en
Publisher: Sophia Perennis et Universalis
Release Date : 1980
A Buddhist Spectrum written by Marco Pallis and has been published by Sophia Perennis et Universalis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Buddhism categories.
The Spectrum Of Buddhism
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Author : Piyadassi (Thera.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The Spectrum Of Buddhism written by Piyadassi (Thera.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Buddhism categories.
Dial In
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Author : J.M. Walsh
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-03-29
Dial In written by J.M. Walsh and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-29 with categories.
Meditation isn't the whole of Buddhism. Promoters of the mindfulness movement tend to sidestep the fact that Buddhism is a religion. Like all religions, it's mired in the myths and superstitions of earlier times. Does it contain any spiritual content of value apart from its meditative practices? The Soka Gakkai branch of Nichiren Buddhism-the subject of this book-is now the largest Buddhist denomination in a range of countries, including Japan, Brazil, Ghana, Italy, and the United States. It has largely moved out of the past, bridging the gap between present-day realities and the realm of faith. How does it stack up against other creeds? In this mesmerizing volume, author J.M. Walsh insightfully cracks the hard nut of our global religious heritage. In his view, Nichiren Buddhism can't be understood without reference to the world's most impactful faiths. By placing eight of them on a spectrum, he challenges our assumptions about Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Confucianism, and Daoism. Although he has practiced Nichiren Buddhism for decades, his honesty is unsparing in dealing with it and other traditions. Walsh cites religious texts and published scholarship, integrating and drawing from such sources and his own insights. He applies a rare blend of logic and experiential wisdom. There are few blanket assertions. Readers are encouraged to draw their own conclusions. Although the subject matter is dealt with thoroughly in all of its complexity, the prose isn't the dense or desiccated discourse of academia. After a discussion of the dial metaphor, the book's successive chapters focus on the early environments from which the eight faiths arose. The author then pauses to address the conceptual difficulties Buddhism presents for those from cultures ingrained with dualistic thinking. Buddhist notions of emptiness, the middle path, the oneness of all phenomena, and so on, often strike us as counterintuitive. The book makes them much more accessible by way of its meaningful examples and analogies. From there, it introduces the eight faiths from an evolutionary perspective. Their interconnections are often surprising. By the year 1200 all of them were well established. Nichiren shared his message of Buddhist reform during Japan's troubled thirteenth century. The broader trends that shaped religions from that time until the present are much in evidence within Soka Gakkai Nichiren Buddhism, which is covered in the concluding chapters. The book delivers a greater appreciation for the rich vein of spirituality contained in our common heritage. Its narrative opens broad new vistas of the world's religious landscape. The lucid writing conveys an understanding, far beyond what most people will imagine, of the relationships among faiths. Walsh closes with a message of hope and unity-grounded in the tradition he embraces-which is so needed in our challenging times.
Spectrum Of Ecstasy
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Author : Ngakpa Chogyam
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 2003-07-08
Spectrum Of Ecstasy written by Ngakpa Chogyam and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-08 with Religion categories.
Here two Western-born lamas of the Nyingma tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism explore what it means to be utterly emotionally alive. Written in contemporary, nonacademic language, this book is a radical challenge to the misconception that inner Vajrayana is primarily an esoteric system of ritual and liturgy. The authors teach that emotions can be embraced as a rich and profound opportunity for realization. This fiercely compassionate battle cry rallies all who are audacious enough to appreciate emotions for their supreme potential as vehicles for awakening.
Freeing The Buddha Diversity On A Sacred Path Large Scale Concerns
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Author : Brian Ruhe
language : en
Publisher: Buddhist Spectrum
Release Date : 1999
Freeing The Buddha Diversity On A Sacred Path Large Scale Concerns written by Brian Ruhe and has been published by Buddhist Spectrum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Buddhism categories.
Ruhe, a Theravadin Buddhist teacher at Douglas College and a teacher at the largest Buddhist temple in Canada, offers a serious overview of major aspects of Buddhism, plus a collection of in-your-face, sometimes irreverent essays on sacred UFOs, the historical Jesus, and The Beatles. In addition to
The Star Spangled Buddhist
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Author : Jeffrey Ourvan
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-01-26
The Star Spangled Buddhist written by Jeffrey Ourvan and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-26 with Religion categories.
“Ourvan offers a succinct but illuminating overview of Zen, Tibetan, and Soka Gakkai Buddhism."—Publishers Weekly Approximately four million Americans claim to be Buddhist. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of Americans of various faiths read about Buddhism, are interested in its philosophical tenets, or fashionably view themselves as Buddhists. They’re part of what’s been described as the fastest-growing religious movement in America: a large group of people dissatisfied with traditional religious offerings and thirsty for an approach to spirituality grounded in logic and consistent with scientific knowledge. The Star-Spangled Buddhist is a provocative look at these American Buddhists through their three largest movements in the United States: the Soka Gakkai International, Tibetan/Vajrayana Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism. The practice of each of these American schools, unlike most traditional Asian Buddhist sects, is grounded in the notion that all people are capable of attaining enlightenment in “this lifetime.” But the differences are also profound: the spectrum of philosophical expression among these American Buddhist schools is as varied as that observed between Reformed, Orthodox, and Hasidic Judaism. The Star-Spangled Buddhist isn’t written from the perspective of a monk or academic but rather from the view of author Jeff Ourvan, a lifelong-practicing lay Buddhist. As Ourvan explores the American Buddhist movement through its most popular schools, he arrives at a clearer understanding for himself and the reader about what it means to be—and how one might choose to be—a Buddhist in America.
A Spectrum Of Worldviews
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Author : Hendrik M. Vroom
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 2006
A Spectrum Of Worldviews written by Hendrik M. Vroom and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Philosophy categories.
This book is an introduction to philosophy of religion from the perspective of a religiously pluralistic culture. It deals with introductory questions such as whether we can we understand, compare, and judge the insights of others and the ways in which people can speak and think about God. It introduces the classical themes of philosophy of religion - immanent and transcendent ideas of God and (im)personality; transcendence, good, and evil; religion, morality and society - using a distinction between cosmic, acosmic and theistic ideas of the divine. This introduction helps us discover differences and commonalities and thus helps further an emphatic and critical dialogue. This book explores how comparative theology and philosophy of religion can move beyond the dead-end roads of relativism and exclusivism.
The Autistic Buddha
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Author : Thomas Clements
language : en
Publisher: YOUR STORIES MATTER
Release Date : 2017-12-20
The Autistic Buddha written by Thomas Clements and has been published by YOUR STORIES MATTER this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
@page { margin: 2cm } p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } a:link { color: #0000ff } Thomas Clements has always been an outsider, preferring to fantasise about the exotic East and lose himself amongst the chaotic sights, sounds and smells of London’s Chinatown rather than face the reality of his existence in Western suburbia. Despite doing badly at school, his natural talent for memorising details and his extraordinary ability to master foreign languages lands him a place at university. But this is not a habitat in which he thrives. Following a stint in a psychiatric ward while on his year abroad in Germany, he secretly drops out from his studies, and from life. When his parents receive an invitation to Clement’s graduation ceremony, where they will discover their son has lied all along and has not attained a degree after all, he does what he always does. He hatches a plan to run away, rather than face reality. This time to a job teaching English in rural China, where he can hide from everyone and everything. But wherever Clements runs, things go from bad to worse: the teaching isn’t what he thought it would be, modern China is not as romantic as he had imagined, people he counts on as friends ultimately move on, and his first encounter with a girl leaves him questioning his identity as a man. It doesn’t matter where Clements tries to hide in the world, his anxiety and depression always get the better of him. Now he finally realises he has nowhere in the world to run, will Clements find a way to gain inner peace before he self-destructs? The Autistic Buddha is a stunning tale of the author’s extraordinary outer and inner journeys to make sense of the world – his world – which is at the same time bravely honest, despairing and inspiring.
Living Without God A Multicultural Spectrum Of Atheism
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Author : Sanjit Chakraborty
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-12-18
Living Without God A Multicultural Spectrum Of Atheism written by Sanjit Chakraborty and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-18 with Philosophy categories.
This book deals with the intricate issue of approaching atheism—methodologically as well as conceptually—from the perspective of cultural pluralism. What does ‘atheism’ mean in different cultural contexts? Can this term be applied appropriately to different religious discourses which conceptualize God/gods/Goddess/goddesses (and also godlessness) in hugely divergent ways? Is my ‘God’ the same as yours? If not, then how can your atheism be the same as mine? In other words, this volume raises the question: Is it not high time that we proposed a comparative study of atheism(s) alongside that of religions, rather than believing that atheism is centered in the ‘Western’ experience? Apart from answering these questions, the book highlights the much-needed focus on the philosophical negotiations between atheism, theism and agnosticism. The fine chapters collected here present pluralist negotiations with the notion of atheism and its ethical, theological, literary and scientific corollaries. Previously published in Sophia Volume 60, issue 3, September 2021 Chapters “Religious Conversion and Loss of Faith: Cases of Personal Paradigm Shift?” and “On Being an Infidel” are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.