Buddhism, a way of life and thought / Nancy Wilson Ross. [print]

By:

Ross, Nancy Wilson, 1901-1986 [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780394747545

Subject(s):

Buddhism

LOC classification:

BQ4022.R825.B833 1981

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Contents:

Introduction to general teaching and practice -- Three specific approaches to Buddhism: Theravada or Hinayana Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Zen Buddhism.

Subject: "The lucid and graceful ease with which Nancy Wilson Ross reviews the history and elucidates the methods of the great schools of Buddhism is unmatched - as far as I know - in the literature of the subject. 'Buddhism: A Way of Life and Thought' will be for scholars as delightful a refreshment of their interest and learning as it will be an enlightening and fascinating introduction for readers only now discovering this first and greatest of the world religions." -- Cover page 4.

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Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1980.

The Buddha's life story and basic teachings -- Introduction to general teaching and practice -- Three specific approaches to Buddhism: Theravada or Hinayana Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Zen Buddhism.

"The lucid and graceful ease with which Nancy Wilson Ross reviews the history and elucidates the methods of the great schools of Buddhism is unmatched - as far as I know - in the literature of the subject. 'Buddhism: A Way of Life and Thought' will be for scholars as delightful a refreshment of their interest and learning as it will be an enlightening and fascinating introduction for readers only now discovering this first and greatest of the world religions." -- Cover page 4.

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