Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot

Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot
Author: Sōen Shaku
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1906
Genre: Buddha (The concept)
ISBN:

Annotation First published in 1906, SERMONS OF A BUDDHIST ABBOT remains one of the best introductions to Buddhist thought for a Western audience. Presented with an incisive new foreword by one of today's foremost scholars of Buddhism and Japanese religion, it contains the lectures and articles of the Japanese Zen abbot Soyen Shaku, whose talks in the United States first popularized Buddhism. Foreshadowing the attitude and method of many contemporary teachers, Shaku advocates an approach to religious life that stresses personal understanding based on practice and experience, rather than the acceptance of received creeds and doctrines. His lucid explanations make use of Western religious, philosophic, and psychological references to clarify the ideas central to understanding of Mahayana Buddhism, which is the basis of all schools and denominations.

Our Children

Our Children
Author: Paul Carus
Publisher: Chicago : Open Court
Total Pages: 242
Release: 1906
Genre: Education
ISBN: