BASIC BUDDHIST CONCEPTS

Kogen Mizuno

ISBN 10: 4333012031 / ISBN 13: 9784333012039

Published by Rissho Kosei-Kai of the UK, Tokyo, 1988

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Very Good in wraps. Bumping on top front panel. ; 8.2 X 5.3 X 0.6 inches; 175 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BASIC BUDDHIST CONCEPTS
• Publisher: Rissho Kosei-Kai of the UK, Tokyo
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 4333012031
• ISBN 13: 9784333012039
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition; Seventh Printing.
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Synopsis

One of the world's oldest and greatest religions, Buddhish—like its companions, Christianity and Islam—has experienced schism and division which scatter its teachings among separate sects, nations and sets of ritual practice. Nonetheless, it is possible to identify common teachings which form the essence of Buddhist belief. This book provides lucid explanations of such fundamental concepts as the Three Treasures, the seals of the law, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, the law of causation, and the threefold learning—teachings that all Buddhists honor, which bare the heart of this complicated and magnificently profound religion.

About the Author

Kogen Mizuno, Litt.D., a specialist in Indian philosophy and a renowned scholar of Buddhism, served till recently as president of Komazawa University, where he also taught Buddhology. An authority on Pali texts, he has published many, works on Buddhist subjects. His books in English include The Beginnings of Buddhism and Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission.