| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 329 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
World Religions: Themes and Issues |
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World religions, themes and issues.
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| Contents |
The sacred writing of Buddhism / Ulrich Pagel -- Buddhist visions of the human predicament and its resolution / Peter Harvey -- Portrayals of ultimate reality and of holy and divine beings / Peter Harvey -- Devotion practices / Peter Harvey -- Rites of passage / Christopher Lamb -- Making moral decisions / Stewart McFarlane -- Women in Buddhism / Rita M. Gross -- Attitudes to nature / Ian Harris -- Cosmology, myth and symbolism / Christopher Lamb -- Sacred space / Martin Boord |
| Summary |
This text seeks to give an integrated understanding of the Buddhist tradition through the exploration of a number of key themes. It provides a view of diversity and continuity in different Buddhist communities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Buddhism.
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Buddhism
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Buddhism.
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
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Buddhism
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Buddhismus
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Boeddhisme.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harvey, Peter (Brian Peter)
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| LC no. |
00052342 |
| ISBN |
9781441147264 |
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1441147268 |
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1283206072 |
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9781283206075 |
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