Buddhists: Understanding Buddhism Through the Lives of Practitioners
- ISBN-10
- 0470658185
- ISBN-13
- 9780470658185
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-06-23
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Author
- Todd Lewis
Description
Traditional understandings of Buddhism have often been drawn from the perspective of the minority spiritual and philosophical elite. Buddhists: Understanding Buddhism Through the Lives of Practitioners redresses this imbalance by exploring a fascinating series of life histories of individuals whose lives are far more representative of the ways in which Buddhists throughout time have practiced this religion. This text brings together a wide-ranging and representative collection of biographies featuring both historical and modern Buddhists, many written by leading scholars, linking the subjects' beliefs and practices to the development of Buddhism in their times and places. This series of compelling biographies of householder practitioners and prominent monastics is designed for easy comparison; the book provides a unique and fascinating perspective from which to understand Buddhism „on the ground.” Each life is introduced by the editor, himself a leading Buddhist scholar, who skillfully locates it within Buddhist history, belief, and sociology. The case studies have been carefully chosen to cover a range of Asian and modern Western Buddhists, as well as a range of historical periods, genders, and classes, to provide an overview rich in diversity, texture, and educational value
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