Maria Immacolata Macioti

The Buddha Within Ourselves

Blossoms of the Lotus Sutra

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Produktbeschreibung

Maria Immacolata Macioti's The Buddha Within Ourselves contains the results of a five-year study conducted by Professor Macioti, and a team of young scholars under her direction. This study focuses on Nichiren Buddhism as practiced by the members of the Italian Soka Gakkai, one of 177 sister organizations associated with Soka Gakkai International, a well known Japan-based Buddhist association that promotes peace, culture and education all over the world. Richard M. Capozzi's translation makes this book available to English-speaking audiences, for the first time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780761821892
• ISBN-10: 0761821899
• Artikelnr.: 31386687

Autorenporträt

By Maria Immacolata Macioti - Translated by Richard Maurice Capozzi

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Translator's Foreword Chapter 2 Author's Preface Chapter 3
Acknowledgements Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 How to Join Chapter 6
Difficult Beginnings Chapter 7 The Object of Devotion Chapter 8 Life in the
Organization Chapter 9 Structural Aspects Chapter 10 Faith, Practice and
Study Chapter 11 The Divisions: Between Structure and Self-Motivation
Chapter 12 The Society for Value-Creating Education: Successive Presidents
Chapter 13 Chronology of the Research Chapter 14 Historical Profiles
Chapter 15 Glossary Chapter 16 Works Cited Chapter 17 Index Chapter 18
About the Author