Offering an introduction to Buddhism for Westerners who want to learn more about the religion as a path of spiritual growth, this revised and restructured edition explains the essential teachings and practices on which all mainstream Buddhists can agree. It also sets out to show how this ancient wisdom is more than ever relevant to the psychological, social and spiritual issues concerning men and women in the modern West.
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An excellent, brief, readable introduction,
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This book converted me to the dharma! Written in a very simple, almost simplistic style, Introducing Buddhism is a very brief, non-technical, introduction to a potentially baffling subject. After struggling to grasp the essence of buddhism from numerous other sources, this was the book that did it for me. Not a textbook or scholarly treatise, just a wonderfully clear explanation, from a practitioner, of what it actually means to follow the path of the buddha. I now lend my copy to friends who ask me what I believe, confident that they won't be intimidated by ancient languages or arcane philosophies, and may just appreciate what buddhism is about.
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This book is simple, concise, and very readable. It does an excellent job of
explaining the essence of Buddhism. For the last several years I've studied and read about various forms of Buddhism--Tibetan, Zen, and more recent Westernized versions--as well as attending a number of talks, empowerments, and seminars. The various types and schools of Buddhism have whole systems and terms for explaining themselves. "Introducing Buddhism" does a wonderful job of finding a core around which all of them come together.
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A book and a religion that simply makes sense.,
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As my son and I are searching for a better education than is offered by the California public system, we've been considering Catholic private schools. Filling out the applications has made me realize that my religious beliefs had never been rendered down into a simple statement. This book gave me the language to describe what I have always believed in my heart.
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