Unmasking Buddhism / by Bernard Faure
- Bib ID:
- 4593033
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Faure, Bernard
- Description:
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- Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009
- vi, 159 p. ; 19 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781405180658
- 140518065X
- 9781405180641
- 1405180641
- Summary:
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"Can we talk of Buddhism as a unified religion or are there many Buddhisms? Is Buddhism a religion of tolerance and pacifism as many people think? Is Buddhism a religion without god(s)? Or is it more of a philosophy than a religion? Renowned Buddhist scholar Bernard Faure answers these and other questions about the basic history, beliefs and nature of Buddhism in easy-to-understand language. It is an ideal introduction for anyone who has unanswered questions about one of the world's largest and most popular religions."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Buddhism in history
- Buddhism is both one and many at the same time
- The Buddha is only a man who achieved awakening
- Buddhism is an Indian religion
- Buddhism is the cult of nothingness
- Buddhism is a philosophy, not a religion
- All Buddhists are seeking to achieve awakening
- Buddhism teaches the impermanence of all things
- The belief in karma leads to fatalism
- Buddhism denies the existence of a self
- Buddhism teaches reincarnation
- Buddhism and local cultures
- Buddhism is an atheistic religion
- Buddhism is above all a spirituality
- The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Buddhism
- To be Buddhist is to be Zen
- Buddhism and society
- Buddhism is a tolerant religion
- Buddhism teaches compassion
- Buddhism is a peaceful religion
- Buddhism affirms that we are all equal
- Buddhism is compatible with science
- Buddhism is a kind of therapy
- Buddhism advocates a strict vegetarianism
- Buddhism is a universalist teaching
- Buddhism is a religion detached from the world
- Conclusion: Buddhism or neo-Buddhism?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-152) and index.
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- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2009
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