The complete idiot's guide to Buddhism
By: Gary Gach.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Alpha
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9781592579112
Subjects: Buddhism
Other titles: Complete idiot's guide; Buddhism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-370) and index.
Table of contents: title: PART 1: BUDDHA, SHOWING THE WAY: The teachings of a smile: the life of the Buddha; title: Different flavors, one taste: the teachings travel to different lands; title: Interfaith: same mountain, different trails; title: The newest petal of the lotus: Western Buddhism; title: PART 2: DHARMA: TRUTH, AND THE WAY TO TRUTH: Gem of refuge, ennobling truth; title: Buddha's way: the eightfold path; title: Take Karma, make Dharma: key points; title: Conscious conduct: precepts for a path with a heart; title: PART 3: SANGHA: JOINING THE PATH: Stepping into freedom: establishing a practice; title: Meditation: base camp; title: Look within: insight meditation; title: Gate to the source: Zen; title: The way is easy and wide: Buddha's pure land; title: Diamond way: Tibetan Buddhism; title: PART 4: BUDDHISM IN ACTION: APPLICATIONS IN EVERYDAY LIFE: Bringing it all back home: relations; title: It's not just a job, it's life itself: right livelihood; title: Food for the heart: the meal of life; title: Everybody's doing it: Buddhism and popular culture; title: Awakening ways of seeing and being: Dharma art; title: Life within us and without us: Buddhism and science; title: Is happiness an individual matter?: engaged Buddhism; title: APPENDIXES: A: Buddhism in a one-page book: quick reference; title: B: The vocabulary of silence: a Buddhist glossary; title: C. From the trees to thee: further reads.