Leseprobe
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Buddhists
Todd Lewis (Hrsg.)
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Judentum
Beschreibung
Buddhists: Understanding Buddhism through the Lives of Practitioners provides a series of case studies of Asian and modern Western Buddhists, spanning history, gender, and class, whose lives are representative of the ways in which Buddhists throughout time have embodied the tradition. * Portrays the foundational principles of Buddhist belief through the lives of believers, illustrating how the religion is put into practice in everyday life * Takes as its foundation the inherent diversity within Buddhist society, rather than focusing on the spiritual and philosophical elite within Buddhism * Reveals how individuals have negotiated the choices, tensions, and rewards of living in a Buddhist society * Features carefully chosen case studies which cover a range of Asian and modern Western Buddhists * Explores a broad range of possible Buddhist orientations in contemporary and historical contexts
Rezensionen
"...this volume goes far in filling this lacuna in our teaching resources by presenting a series of biographies of Buddhists that demonstrates the way in which they try and live their lives asBuddhists."
"This volume invites readers to understand what it can mean to be Buddhist in manifold ways. Rather than approaching Buddhism as an abstract entity by means of investigating ideas and practices that form a coherent and fixed system, these humanistic accounts enable one to situate and to comprehend various ways in which people have actually LIVED and thereby impacted Buddhist tradition. One comes away from reading this book with a knowledge of how Buddhism is a force that is fluid, diverse, and distinctive in its countless iterations."
John Holt, Bowdoin College
"I know of no other book in Buddhists Studies quite like this, and it should make fascinating reading for those who really want to understand what makes Buddhists and Buddhism 'tick', not as a collection of abstract ideas but as an actual lived way of being in the world and looking forward to the world(s) to come. Great stuff - this book is highly recommended!"
Paul Williams, University of Bristol, and author of Mahâyâna Buddhism: The doctrinal foundations (Routledge)
Kundenbewertungen
Religion & Theology, Buddhismus, Buddhism, Religion u. Theologie