Buddhayana: Living Buddhism

ISBN-13: 9781441187956 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 320 str.

Anil Goonewardene

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This long awaited book, from leading expert Anil Goonewardene, is an insightful, lively and readable account of Buddhism. Drawing on over twenty years of teaching experience, Anil sets out to demonstrate that the three key traditions of Buddhism (Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana) are all rooted in the same foundations and that the central teachings of these different schools are the same. This unique book presents Buddhism as a living, practical religion, giving readers an enlightening insight into an often mystifying tradition. Buddhayana: Living Buddhism offers a fascinating perspective on Buddhism, in all its beauty and nobility, though the eyes of a practising Buddhist born and raised in the tradition that has guided millions of people.Divided into five parts, covering all aspects of Buddhism - from the lives of the Buddha to the various sections of the Buddhist community - the book also includes two appendices focusing on the Buddhist view of death, and a case study of Buddhist rebirth.

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Foreward
Preface
Introduction
Part One - Current Teaching Begins
1. Previous Life (Jataka) Stories
2. Life of Gotama (Sakyamuni) Buddha
3. History and Development
4. Literature
Part Two - Teaching (Dhamma, Dharma)
5.Four Noble Truths
6. Three Signs of Being
7. Actions and Results (Kamma and Vipaka)
8. Rebirth , Rebecoming
9. Wheel of Life
10. The Dhammapada
Part Three - Practice 
11.  Lay Persons' Morality
12. Worship and Veneration
13. Art, Architecture, Artifacts, Symbols
14. Pilgrimage, Festivals and Celebrations
15. Meditation, Mindfulness, Retreats
Part Four - Community
16. Ordained Sangha, Lay Persons
17. Arahats, Bodhisattas, Bodhisattvas
18. The Buddha
Part Five - Buddhism
19. Past, Present and Future
Glossary
Appendix I -- Facing Death with A Smile
Appendix II - An Interesting case of Rebirth
Bibliography

Index