What the Buddha Never Taught
What the Buddha Never Taught

Author: Tim Ward

Publisher: Changemakers Books

Published: 2013-08-30

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1782792023

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There is still a place in the jungles of Thailand, where you can leave it all behind... A cult classic and bestseller in the 1990s, What the Buddha Never Taught is a humorous “behind the robes” account of life inside one of the strictest jungle monasteries in Southeast Asia. In Pahnanachat, the monks keep the 227 rules laid down by the Buddha, including refraining from all killing. But how does a foreign monk cope with cobra in the outhouse, or the temptation of a Mars Bar in his begging bowl? Find out, in this newly reincarnated 20th anniversary edition, with a new introduction by the author and a new foreword by Wade Davis. ,

What the Buddha Taught
What the Buddha Taught

Author: Walpola Rahula

Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

Published: 2007-12-01

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0802198104

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“A terrific introduction to the Buddha’s teachings.” —Paul Blairon, California Literary Review This indispensable volume is a lucid and faithful account of the Buddha’s teachings. “For years,” says the Journal of the Buddhist Society, “the newcomer to Buddhism has lacked a simple and reliable introduction to the complexities of the subject. Dr. Rahula’s What the Buddha Taught fills the need as only could be done by one having a firm grasp of the vast material to be sifted. It is a model of what a book should be that is addressed first of all to ‘the educated and intelligent reader.’ Authoritative and clear, logical and sober, this study is as comprehensive as it is masterly.” This edition contains a selection of illustrative texts from the Suttas and the Dhammapada (specially translated by the author), sixteen illustrations, and a bibliography, glossary, and index. “[Rahula’s] succinct, clear overview of Buddhist concepts has never been surpassed. It is the standard.” —Library Journal

Buddha Taught Nonviolence, Not Pacifism
Buddha Taught Nonviolence, Not Pacifism

Author: Paul R. Fleischman

Publisher: Pariyatti Publishing

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 59

ISBN-13: 1928706223

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In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, this thought-provoking essay explores the Buddha's teaching to find one prescription: not war, not pacifism but nonviolence.

What the Buddha Never Taught
What the Buddha Never Taught

Author: Tim Ward

Publisher:

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 9780976482604

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What the Buddha Never Taught is the engaging and often humorous "behind the robes" account of life in a Thai Buddhist monastery. It begins with his arrivial and initiation into Pah Nanachat Monastery, a unique forest community near Laos which has been set up for both Westerners and Thais to practice the monastic life together. Tim Ward takes his vows, shaves his head, puts on the robes and struggles to obey the 227 precepts for monks originally set down by the Buddha over 2500 years ago. They beg for their food in the villages, they eat only one meal a day, and they refrain from harming all living things- including the scorpions, cobras and tarantulas that dwell in the jungle paths. But what happens when Westerners put on the robes of eastern religions? Hows do they respond when a villager puts a Mars bar into their begging bowls? Ward has a humorous and self-deprecating eye for the absurd. A great introduction to living Buddhism, What the Buddha Never Taught was a best seller in Canada, has been translated into four languages, and is now used as a college textbook

What the Buddha Thought
What the Buddha Thought

Author: Richard Francis Gombrich

Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13:

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Argues that the Buddha was one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of all time. This book intends to serve as an introduction to the Buddha's thought, and hence even to Buddhism itself. It also argues that we can know far more about the Buddha than it is fashionable among scholars to admit.

The Heritage of the Bhikkhu
The Heritage of the Bhikkhu

Author: Walpola Rahula

Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

Published: 2003-08-26

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0802198112

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A classic guide to the life of service and meditation practiced by Buddhist monks. Walpola Rahula’s What the Buddha Taught is a perennial backlist bestseller and has proven to be an indispensable guide to beginning Buddhism. It is renowned for its authoritative, clear, logical, and comprehensive approach. The Heritage of the Bhikkhu is a vivid account of the Buddhist’s monk’s role as a servant to people’s needs as a follower and teacher of the basic Buddhist principles. In this fascinating and informative volume, the author emphasizes Buddhism as a practical doctrine for daily living and spiritual perfection and not simply a monastic discipline. The Heritage of the Bhikkhu is a pioneering work that deserves to stand with the author’s earlier masterpiece.

Without Buddha I Could Not be a Christian
Without Buddha I Could Not be a Christian

Author: Paul F. Knitter

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1780742487

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An honest, unflinching tale of re-finding one's faith, from one of the world's most famous theologians Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian narrates how esteemed theologian, Paul F. Knitter overcame a crisis of faith by looking to Buddhism for inspiration. From prayer to how Christianity views life after death, Knitter argues that a Buddhist standpoint can encourage a more person-centred conception of Christianity, where individual religious experience comes first, and liturgy and tradition second. Moving and revolutionary, this book will inspire Christians everywhere.

Never Turn Away
Never Turn Away

Author: Rigdzin Shikpo

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2007-09-28

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0861714881

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"Trungpa Rinpoche's great saying was, Turn toward everything.' There's something very wholesome about turning toward things completely and openly. It is sharp and uncontrived and feels genuine in a way that our ordinary projections and ways of handling things never do." Book jacket.

Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha
Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha

Author: Daniel Ingram

Publisher: Aeon Books

Published: 2020-01-20

Total Pages: 715

ISBN-13: 1780498152

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The very idea that the teachings can be mastered will arouse controversy within Buddhist circles. Even so, Ingram insists that enlightenment is an attainable goal, once our fanciful notions of it are stripped away, and we have learned to use meditation as a method for examining reality rather than an opportunity to wallow in self-absorbed mind-noise. Ingram sets out concisely the difference between concentration-based and insight (vipassana) meditation; he provides example practices; and most importantly he presents detailed maps of the states of mind we are likely to encounter, and the stages we must negotiate as we move through clearly-defined cycles of insight. Its easy to feel overawed, at first, by Ingram's assurance and ease in the higher levels of consciousness, but consistently he writes as a down-to-earth and compassionate guide, and to the practitioner willing to commit themselves this is a glittering gift of a book.In this new edition of the bestselling book, the author rearranges, revises and expands upon the original material, as well as adding new sections that bring further clarity to his ideas.