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Buddhism / Pascale F. Engelmajer.

Material type: Text

TextSeries: All that matters: Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2013Description: 154 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781444163285Subject(s): Buddhism | Buddhism

| Buddhism

DDC classification: 294.3

Contents:

Celebrating the Buddha -- Monasticism and society -- Women and Buddhism -- The disease and the remedy -- Rebirth, karma and merit-making -- Meditation -- Faith and devotion -- Buddhist philosophy -- Global Buddhism -- 100 ideas.

Summary: Engelmajer gives us a glimpse of what being a Buddhist in today's world entails, and how this links back to the historical and doctrinal development of the many Buddhist traditions extant today. The narrative follows the religious lives of four fictional characters, representative of four Buddhist traditions in their daily lives, to show how a variety of practices and beliefs that stem from common doctrines have developed in different ways.

List(s) this item appears in: Karma, Kamma, rebirth

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Item type	Current location	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book (Short term)	Shan State Buddhist University Library English Shelves	English Collection	294.3 En 14287	Available		EB00014287

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-147) and index.

Engelmajer gives us a glimpse of what being a Buddhist in today's world entails, and how this links back to the historical and doctrinal development of the many Buddhist traditions extant today. The narrative follows the religious lives of four fictional characters, representative of four Buddhist traditions in their daily lives, to show how a variety of practices and beliefs that stem from common doctrines have developed in different ways.

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