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Buddhism : a very short introduction / Damien Keown. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 3.Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, (c)2013.Edition: Fully updatedition. new editionDescription: xx, 158 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199663835
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BQ4022.K37.B833 2013
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Contents:
The Buddha -- Karma and rebirth -- The Four Noble Truths -- The Mahayana -- The spread of Buddhism -- Meditation -- Ethics -- Buddhism in the West.
Subject: "Since its origins in India over two thousand years ago, Buddhism has not only spread throughout Asia, but also around the world. In this new edition of the Very Short Introduction to Buddhism, Damien Keown looks at how the tradition began and how it evolved into its present-day form. Explaining its central teachings and practices as well as key topics such as karma and rebirth, meditation and ethics, Keown also includes updates related to the evolution of Buddhism within Asia and the West, the importance of material culture, and the ethics of war and peace."--Page 2 of cover.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BQ4022.K37.B833 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001795760

Previous edition: 1996.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Buddhism and elephants -- The Buddha -- Karma and rebirth -- The Four Noble Truths -- The Mahayana -- The spread of Buddhism -- Meditation -- Ethics -- Buddhism in the West.

"Since its origins in India over two thousand years ago, Buddhism has not only spread throughout Asia, but also around the world. In this new edition of the Very Short Introduction to Buddhism, Damien Keown looks at how the tradition began and how it evolved into its present-day form. Explaining its central teachings and practices as well as key topics such as karma and rebirth, meditation and ethics, Keown also includes updates related to the evolution of Buddhism within Asia and the West, the importance of material culture, and the ethics of war and peace."--Page 2 of cover.

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