The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding BuddhismAnnotation. Coverage includes: the teachings of Buddha--and how they have been adapted to different lands and cultures; Buddhism in the West--Christian Buddhists and Zen Judaists; basic Buddhism--the Three Jewels, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, and the Five Precepts; meditation, customs, ceremonies, and events; and Buddhist philosophies at home and at work, in relationships, and in the world at large |
Contents
The Birth of a Quest | 5 |
Insight Meditation | 11 |
Buddhism | 16 |
Buddhism | 17 |
The Teachings | 19 |
What Might an American Buddha Look Like? | 37 |
Buddhist Relationships 243 | 59 |
Buddhism | 64 |
The Eightfold Path | 89 |
Physical Culture Is Culture 301 | 99 |
Cardinal Precepts | 101 |
Engaging | 108 |
Food Issues 267 | 112 |
Touching Deeper | 119 |
Buddhism | 132 |
Self and Nonself | 134 |
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