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Buddhism: Origins, Beliefs, Practices, Holy Texts, Sacred Place |
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Eckel, Malcolm David
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| Date | 2002.10.01 |
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| Pages | 112 |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
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http://www.oup.co.uk/
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| Location | Oxford, UK [牛津, 英國] |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | 四諦=四聖諦=cattari ariyasaccani=The Four Noble Truths; 佛教人物=Buddhist; 佛教寺院=Buddhist Monastery=Buddhist Temple; 佛教宗派=Buddhist Sects=Buddhist Schools; 佛教經典=Buddhist Scriptures=Sutra; 長行=契經=修多羅=Sutra; 信心=Belief=Faith; 修行方法=修行法門=Practice; 涅槃=Parinibbana=Nibbana=Nirvana; 曼陀羅=曼荼羅=壇城=Mandala; 淨土=Pure Land; 開悟=證悟=Satori=Enlightenment; 僧團=叢林=Monastic Community=Buddhist Community; 靜坐=Meditation; 禪修=Meditation; 轉世=輪迴=Samsara=Rebirth=Reincarnation |
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| Abstract | Founded on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, the faith taught by Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha, or Awakened One) spread rapidly across Asia and then across the globe, becoming one of the world's largest and most influential religions. Buddhism combines lavish colorful photography and an authoritative text to provide a sweeping survey of this rich and varied religious tradition. Eckel begins with an engaging portrait of the Buddha (who predated Jesus by 500 years), an Indian prince's son who embarked on an epic journey of enlightenment and discovered a way of overcoming suffering. The authors trace the flowering of Buddhist schools in his wake, from the major groups (Mahayana, Theravada, Tantric) to the minor (such as the Pure Land sect in Japan). With helpful sidebars, boxed features, and numerous illustrations, they explain Tantric Mandalas (sacred circles), the Sutras (holy writings), the sacred landscape, celestial beings in some Buddhist mythology, the path to Nirvana, and much more. They also discuss Buddhist temples, forms of worship and meditation, the cycle of rebirth, and roles and relationships in the Buddhist community (including Theravada, Buddhism's stress on the importance of becoming a monk for at least part of life). A helpful map reveals the course of Buddhism's expansion throughout Asia. As a belief system, as an influential way of seeing the world, as a unifying thread of Asian cultures, Buddhism remains vitally important. This lucid, eye-pleasing introduction explains and celebrates this major world religion, bringing to life the full variety of Buddhist tradition. |
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| ISBN | 0195219074 (hc); 9780195219074 (hc) |
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| Hits | 804 |
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| Created date | 2005.04.08 |
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| Modified date | 2014.04.29 |
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