Few Facts About Buddhism-Gunnar Gallmo-DKPD-9788124600993
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| Today, when
political ideologies/ ‘isms’ are crashing down and when, at the other end,
the great monotheistic religions are trying to survive by turning their backs
on logical thinking and intellectual consistency, it might be worthwhile
taking a look at the ‘alternatives’ that by-pass the lopsided views of both
materialism and idealism — the alternatives that do not have to explain how
an omnipotent and all-benvolent God can permit evil, nor how human barbarism
can persist doggedly in a progressing world society. And among these
alternatives, Gunnar Gallmo rediscovers the oldest existing world religion:
the first historically documented case of international (or perhaps
non-national) thinking, a teaching that may, more or less, directly or
indirectly, positively or negatively, have influenced all later religious,
philosophical and political teachings: Buddhism. From the vast corpus of the
oldest preserved texts, Gunnar Gallmo marshals facts around Buddhism —
quintessentially, authentically. His book is a well-knit, at once compelling
presentation of the Teacher (the Buddha), the Teaching (Dhamma/Dharma), and
the Taught (the Samgha/the Community) throughout the 2500-year-long history
of Buddhism: first in India, then in Asia and, finally, today in the world.
And since Buddhism is a religion with an actual historical personage as its
founder, the author tries to explore how the Enlightened Master’s original
teaching underwent a change in later tradition, and how the differences
between the two have cropped up. With a glossary of Pali/Sanskrit terms and
highly significant bibliographic references, this treasury of facts about
Buddhism is bound to fascinate scholars and general readers alike. |
| Book |
| ISBN |
9788124600993
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| PUBLISHER |
DKPD |
| Binding |
HARDCOVER |
| Edition |
1998 |
| Language |
ENGLISH |
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Few Facts About Buddhism-Gunnar Gallmo-DKPD-9788124600993
