A Concise History of Buddhism
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (850 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0904766926 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Wonderfully Engaging Reading D. Le It is quite a challenge to write a history of Buddhism, given the complex doctrinal diversification and the wide geographical and timeline spread. Andrew Skilton recognized the difficulty and set out to write a very readable concise history. He succeeded admirably in putting the doctrinal historical development within its geo-political context. He sticks to basic concepts, within the context of its development, and give references for further study of complex points.if you. Van Horn is quite mistaken In Mr. Van Horn's reader review, he uses a "quote" which is nowhere to be found in the book. This is what Skilton actually says (pgs 67-68) about the brahma-viharas in the Theravadin tradition:"The Theravadin School developed a rather austere orthodoxy, epitomized in the works of the 5th century scholastic Buddhagohosa, especially in his Visuddhi-magga, which on a theoretical level tends to exclude doctrines and practices incompatible with its preferred preoccupations. An . "A Real Goldmine" according to Amazon Customer. I was assigned this book for a course on Buddhism, and it was meant to be the more academic reading assigned. However, the book is well-written, few sentences wasted and every paragraph solid information. In fact, I understood Buddhism from a scholarly perspective, far away from the romanticised, enlightened account of spiritually-starved young ones. A true endeavor to study Buddhism as a religion, historically and doctrinally, is manifest here.For example, the author prov
An ideal introduction to the history of Buddhism. A fascinating insight into the historical progress of one of the world’s great religions."an excellent synopsis of current scholarship"—Alan Sponberg, Professor of Asian Philosophy and Religion, University of Montana. Andrew Skilton - a writer on and practitioner of Buddhism - explains the development of the basic concepts of Buddhism during its 2,500 years of history and describes its varied developments in India, Buddhism’s homeland, as well as its spread across Asia, from Mongolia to Sri Lanka and from Japan to the Middle East