Hi
Can anyone recommend a book or a selection of books that would cover all the major schools of Buddhism , I'm particularly looking for how they formed, similarities and differences, etc.
e.g. The Buddhist Schools of the Small Vehicle by André Bareau
The Buddhist Handbook: A Complete Guide to Buddhist Teaching and Practice by John Snelling seems like a possibility - can anyone elaborate on its usefulness.
Thanks
Best book(s) that provide an overview of Different Buddhist schools
Re: Best book(s) that provide an overview of Different Buddhist schools
Buddhism: An Introduction and Guide, Penguin UK, 2001; published in US as The Story of Buddhism, Harper: San Francisco, 2001
Italian translation, Che cos'è il Buddhismo, Rome, Ubaldini Editore, 2002.
Czech edition, 2003.
Spanish edition, 2009.
Italian translation, Che cos'è il Buddhismo, Rome, Ubaldini Editore, 2002.
Czech edition, 2003.
Spanish edition, 2009.
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Re: Best book(s) that provide an overview of Different Buddhist schools
Excavating buddhism by madhusudan sakya
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https://www.wisdompubs.org/sites/defaul ... review.pdf
But Chinese and Japanese schools are only lightly touched on if at all.
Here for a standard university introduction to different Mahayana thought and schools
http://www.khamkoo.com/uploads/9/0/0/4/ ... dition.pdf
But Chinese and Japanese schools are only lightly touched on if at all.
Here for a standard university introduction to different Mahayana thought and schools
http://www.khamkoo.com/uploads/9/0/0/4/ ... dition.pdf
The antidote—to be free from the suffering of samsara—you need to be free from delusion and karma; you need to be free from ignorance, the root of samsara. So you need to meditate on emptiness. That is what you need. Lama Zopa Rinpoche
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