This is the book for anyone wishing a simple, direct, and comprehensive survey of Buddhism. Told from a pragmatic American Buddhist perspective - and with loving speech and frequent drops of humor - emphasis is placed on diverse schools (Vipassana, Zen, Pure Land, Tibetan) within Buddhism as well as on Buddhism within diverse contexts, such as Christianity, Judaism, human relations, work, food, arts, the modern world (war, race, gender, ecology, nihilism, etc.).
目次
Part 1: The Buddha, Showing You the Way 1.Why Is This Man Smiling?: The Buddha 2.One Taste, Different Flavors: The Teachings Adapt to Different Lands 3.What Might an American Buddha Look Like? 4.Different Travel Agents, Same Destination?: Interfaith Part 2: Awakening: Basic Teachings 5.The Handshake: Buddhism's Basic Beliefs 6.Taking Steps: The Eightfold Path 7.The Art of Living: Cardinal Precepts 8.The Fine Print: Touching Deeper Part 3: Seeing Clearly and Deeply: Meditation Your Practice 9.Taking the Plunge: Beginning and Cultivatiing Your Practice 10.Base Camp: Meditation Basics 11.Look Within and Know: Insight Meditation(Vipassana) 12.See? Words Cannot Express: Zen 13.Paths of Devotion and Transformation: Pure Land and Vajrayana Buddhism Part 4: The Pedal Hits the Metal: Buddhism Applied to the World at Large 14.Alone, Together: Buddhist Relationships 15.No Work, No Eat: Work to Eat or Eat to Work? 16.Everybody's Doing It: Buddhism and Popular Culture 17.New Ways of Seeing And Being: Buddhism and Fine Arts 18.The World Within and Without: Buddhism and the Science 19.Happiness Is Not an Individual Matter: Engaging the World 20.Times and Places to Celebrate Appendix
