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Buddhism made plain : an introduction for Christians and Jews / Antony Fernando with Leonard Swidler.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, 1985.Edition: Rev. edDescription: xxii, 138 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0883441985 (pbk.)
  • 9780883441985 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3
LOC classification:
  • BQ4132 .F47 1985
Contents:
ch. 1. Life and personality of Gautama -- ch. 2. The sermon on the four noble truths : exposition of the Middle Path -- ch. 3. Universality of human sorrow : first noble truth -- ch. 4. Cause of sorrow : second noble truth -- ch. 5. Emotionalism in knowledge -- ch. 6. Doctrine of dependent origination : a cause of the greed that causes sorrow -- ch. 7. Retribution and rebirth : karma aṉd saṃsāra --̲ ch. 8. Nirvana : relief from mental anguish : third noble truth -- ch. 9. Right understanding : the doctrine of the no-self -- ch. 10. Right thought, right speech, right action -- ch. 11. Right livelihood -- ch. 12. Right effort -- ch. 13. Right mindfulness -- ch. 14. Right concentration -- ch. 15. The challenge of the four noble truths -- ch. 16. Belief in God according to Gautama, Yeshua, and Judaism -- ch. 17. Worship of God : its inner reality -- ch. 18. Liberation according to Gautama, Yeshua, and Judaism.
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Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) 294.3 F363B (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TBN-Oct/2016 054650

Rev. ed. of: Buddhism and Christianity.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 133-134.

ch. 1. Life and personality of Gautama -- ch. 2. The sermon on the four noble truths : exposition of the Middle Path -- ch. 3. Universality of human sorrow : first noble truth -- ch. 4. Cause of sorrow : second noble truth -- ch. 5. Emotionalism in knowledge -- ch. 6. Doctrine of dependent origination : a cause of the greed that causes sorrow -- ch. 7. Retribution and rebirth : karma aṉd saṃsāra --̲ ch. 8. Nirvana : relief from mental anguish : third noble truth -- ch. 9. Right understanding : the doctrine of the no-self -- ch. 10. Right thought, right speech, right action -- ch. 11. Right livelihood -- ch. 12. Right effort -- ch. 13. Right mindfulness -- ch. 14. Right concentration -- ch. 15. The challenge of the four noble truths -- ch. 16. Belief in God according to Gautama, Yeshua, and Judaism -- ch. 17. Worship of God : its inner reality -- ch. 18. Liberation according to Gautama, Yeshua, and Judaism.

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