David Brazier

The Feeling Buddha (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction to Buddhism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This account explains how the Buddha's path of wisdom and loving kindness grew out of the challenges he encountered in life. It explores enlightenment, nirvana, and the Four Noble Truths, presenting a picture of the Buddha as a very human figure whose success lay not in his perfection, but in his method of positively utilizing the energy generated by personal suffering.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472103925
• Artikelnr.: 38324706

Autorenporträt

David Brazier is an author, psychotherapist, traveller and teacher whose love of nature, scholarship and deep interest in Buddhism and other forms of spirituality shines through this collection. He has written or edited fourteen books on religion, culture and psychology and lectures internationally and online. He lives in semi-retreat in the tranquility of rural France amidst his books and roses.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Technical Terms
Part I - The Birth of Wisdom
1 - No Pearl without Grit
2 - The Courage of Ordinary Lives
3 - Misunderstanding Buddhism
4 - Cutting Mother Earth
5 - Introducing the Four Noble Truths
Part 2 - Adversity
6 - Learning from Life
7 - A Few Problems with the First Noble Truth
8 - Noble and True
9 - Nirvana is Birth and Death
Part 3 - Passion
10 - Freedom to Feel
11 - Asking for Help
12 - The Pleasure Trap
13 - Hate and Delusion
Part 4 - Character
14 - Taming the Fire
15 - Spirit without Metaphysics
16 - Psychotherapy
17 - Time to Stop
18 - Angulimala
Part 5 - Path
19 - Finding Direction
20 - The Big Story
21 - Right View
22 - Right Thought
23 - Right Speech
24 - Right Action
25 - Right Livelihood
26 - Right Effort
27 - Right Mindfulness
28 - Right Samadhi
29 - The Necessity of Suffering
30 - Conclusion
Appendix I: The Text of Buddha's Talk
Appendix II: Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index