A study of the whole field of Buddhist thought and practice. The author places the development of Buddhism in its historical context.
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A respected translator and author of over fifty books, Sangharakshita began studying BUddhism at the age of 16. After 20 years studying in India he returned to England and set up the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order which has over 65 centres worldwide, including the USA.
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Clear, overall discussion of Buddhism,
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This book will give you a truly deep understanding of general Buddhism, but more importantly, the essence of Buddhism, the spiritual ideals behind it and the relationship of all schools. I think it is the best book on the subject I have read, and over the last decade that amounts to several cases of books.
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A very comprehensive text on Buddhism. The reading is difficult and very scholarly. It seems well written and researched, but I would not recommend it to the lay reader simply interested in a history of Buddhism. This text analyzes and gets very deep, very quickly. A text for religious study majors.
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This book is both informative and inspiring. A great read for buddhists who need the intellectual hook but also hope to understand the mythic context. It is a great reference for understanding other Buddhist teachings.
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sexual sacramentalism, universal conditionality, perfections and the ten stages, five spiritual faculties, transcendental practice, unreal imagination, symbolical indications, trikaya doctrine, causal stages, merely formal aspects, trikáya doctrine, conditioned dharmas, spiritual individualism, adventitious defilements, one single self, fourth jhána, transcendental body, undetermined questions, pluralistic realism, ten perfections, causal genesis, supreme enlightenment, conceptual symbols, transcendental plane, twelve links Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pure Land, Pali Canon, Absolute Mind, Middle Path, Thought of Enlightenment, Enlightened One, Four Aryan Truths, Blessed One, Buddhist Texts Through the Ages, Four Truths, Mahayana Buddhism, Selected Sayings, Supreme Buddhahood, Happy Land, Madhyamaka School, Sri Lanka, Exalted One, Tantric Buddhism, Threefold Path, Transcendental Path, Eightfold Way, Far Eastern, Jódo Shin Shú, Right Motive, Early Buddhist Scriptures New!
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- The Perfection of Wisdom (Wheel Series,) by Edward Conze on 9 pages
- Buddhist Texts Through the Ages (Oneworld Classics in Religious) by David Snellgrove on 8 pages
- Buddhism: Its Essence and Development by Edward Conze on 6 pages
- Some Sayings of the Buddha by F.L. Woodward on 5 pages
- Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature by H. Datal on 4 pages
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