Sangharakshita

Guide to the Buddhist Path (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Buddhism, with its numerous schools and teachings, can feel daunting. How can one practise Buddhism in a systematic way? Profoundly experienced in Buddhist practice, intimately familiar with its main schools, and founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community, an international movement, Sangharakshita is the ideal guide. In this highly readable, reliable and far-reaching guide, he sorts out fact from myth and theory from practice to reveal the principal ideals and teachings of Buddhism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Windhorse Publications Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781907314308
• Artikelnr.: 38365179

Inhaltsangabe

Preface PART ONE Introduction THE BUDDHA •Who is the Buddha? •Archetypal
Symbolism in the Biography of the Buddha •The Symbolism of the Five
Buddhas, 'Male' and 'Female' •The Five Wisdoms THE DHARMA •The Word of the
Buddha •Wrong View, Right View, Perfect View •The Wheel of Life and the
Spiral Path •The Six Realms •The Twelve Links •Stopping the Wheel •The
Spiral Path THE SANGHA •The Traditional Significance of the Sangha •The
Primacy of Going for Refuge •What Members of the Spiritual Community Do
•Communication •Friendship •Unfailing Mutual Kindness PART TWO Introduction
MORALITY •The Criterion of Ethics •The Five Precepts •The Principle of
Non-Violence •The Principle of Non-Exploitation •Contentment •Levels of
Communication •Awareness MEDITATION •A System of Meditation •The Five Basic
Methods of Meditation •Alienated Awareness and Integrated Awareness •The
Four Brahma-Viharas •The Dhyanas •The Symbolism of the Five Elements in the
Stupa •The Stupa Visualisation Practice WISDOM •The Three Characteristics
of Existence •The Bodhicitta •How the Bodhicitta Arises •Enlightenment,
Eternity, and Time •The 'Goal' of Nirvana •Enlightenment Further Reading
Notes Index