An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics
Subtitle: Foundations, Values and Issues (Introduction to Religion)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 10, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780521556408
Subjects: Buddhism; Religion - World Religions; Religion; Buddhism - General; Buddhist ethics; Religion / Buddhism
First sentence: Fundamental features of Buddhism's word-view relevant to ethics are the framework of karma and rebirth, accepted by all schools of Buddhism, with varying degrees of emphasis, and the Four Noble Truths, the highest teachings of early Buddhism, and of the Theravada school.