BuddhismBrian Peter Harvey Bloomsbury Academic, 2001 M09 5 - 329 páginas This work seeks to give an integrated understanding of the rich and multi-faceted Buddhist tradition through the exploration of a number of key themes: sacred writings, human nature, portrayals of the ultimate and the divine, devotional practices, rites of passage, ethics, gender, attitudes to nature, cosmology, myth and symbolism and sacred space. These themes have been selected to be of interest to the general reader as well as to students of religious studies, Buddhist studies and anthropology, and are dealt with from a broadly phenomenological perspective by a team of scholars, Buddhist and non-Buddhist. They provide a picture of Buddhist visions of reality, myths and symbols, and emphasize the way in which these are lived out in practice. The book illustrates the constant interplay of belief and practice within Buddhism and provides a view of both the diversity and continuity found within the different Buddhist communities. The introduction gives an historical overview of the traditions of Buddhism and relates the themes dealt with to Ninian Smart's system of seven dimensions of religion. |
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Introduction Peter Harvey | 1 |
The sacred writings of Buddhism Ulrich Pagel | 29 |
1 | 49 |
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Amitabha ancient animals arahat attain Avalokitesvara become bodhisattva body Brown and O'Brian Buddha buddha-nature buddhahood Buddhist Ethics Buddhist world century ceremony chanting China Chinese compassion compassionate consciousness Conze death deities developed devotion Dhamma doctrine dukkha early Buddhism earth emptiness enlightenment existence female forms of Buddhism gods Gombrich Gotama Harvey heavenly buddhas holy Horner human images impermanence important Indian Buddhism Japan karma karmic fruitfulness known laity Lama liberation lives London Lotus Lotus Sūtra Mahāyāna Buddhism male maṇḍala Māra meditation mind monastic monks moral nature Nikāya nirvāṇa nuns one's ordination Pali Pāli Canon paritta path perfect person pilgrimage practice precepts Pure Land realm rebirth reborn refuge religion religious rites ritual robe sacred samsāra sangha Sanskrit schools scriptures seen skilful means spiritual Sri Lanka stūpa suffering Sūtra suttas symbol tantras tantric Tathāgata teaching temples texts Theravada Theravādin Tibet Tibetan tradition transcendent truth Vajrayāna Vajrayana Buddhism vows wisdom women yi-dam
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Reenchantment Without Supernaturalism: A Process Philosophy of Religion Kathleen E. Smith,David Ray Griffin Vista previa limitada - 2001 |