An invitation to the Buddhist way of life for Western readers / Christmas Humphreys

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Schocken Books, ©1969Description: 223 pages ; 23 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Invitation to the Buddhist way of life for Western readers.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 294.3 H927B
LOC classification:
  • BL1451.2 .H79
  • BQ4022 .H86 1969
Contents:
Background. The purpose of Buddhism -- The field of Buddhism -- Orthodoxy in Buddhism
Basic Buddhism. The three signs of being -- Soul or no soul -- The threefold self -- Self and suffering -- Suffering -- The use and abuse of desire -- The war is within -- Deck chair, Brighton -- The conquest of death -- When I am dead -- Dharma : how it works -- Karma and rebirth -- Youth in age -- The Buddhist middle way -- Meditation : its place in Western Buddhism -- We live in boxes
Deeper truths of Buddhism. Conversion in Buddhism -- Beyond God -- In search of nothing -- New relationships -- Buddhist values and the Buddhist way -- Rootless thought -- The many and the one -- The field of Mahayana Buddhism -- The Buddhist conception of immanence -- Beyond
Zen Buddhism. The approach to Zen -- On breaking through -- Jijimuge -- Just so -- Zen come West -- Buddhism comes West -- World Buddhism -- The Buddhist way of life -- The void is full
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 294.3 H927B (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 065379

Spine title: The Buddhist way of life

Includes bibliographical references

Background. The purpose of Buddhism -- The field of Buddhism -- Orthodoxy in Buddhism

Basic Buddhism. The three signs of being -- Soul or no soul -- The threefold self -- Self and suffering -- Suffering -- The use and abuse of desire -- The war is within -- Deck chair, Brighton -- The conquest of death -- When I am dead -- Dharma : how it works -- Karma and rebirth -- Youth in age -- The Buddhist middle way -- Meditation : its place in Western Buddhism -- We live in boxes

Deeper truths of Buddhism. Conversion in Buddhism -- Beyond God -- In search of nothing -- New relationships -- Buddhist values and the Buddhist way -- Rootless thought -- The many and the one -- The field of Mahayana Buddhism -- The Buddhist conception of immanence -- Beyond

Zen Buddhism. The approach to Zen -- On breaking through -- Jijimuge -- Just so -- Zen come West -- Buddhism comes West -- World Buddhism -- The Buddhist way of life -- The void is full

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