Introducing Buddhism

by Chris Pauling

Book Overview

Principles of Buddhism is another excellent introduction to Buddhism. Images of the Buddha are everywhere: selling tea bags, mobile phones, holidays. But what is the true attraction of Buddhism? Why is it the fastest growing religion in the West? Check out the real goods on offer: freedom, compassion, awareness, wisdom and meditation in this clear introduction to the Buddhist path. This best-selling book explains the essential teachings and practices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0904766977
• ISBN13: 9780904766974
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Windhorse Publications (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book

This book is simple, concise, and very readable. It does an excellent job of explaining the essence of Buddhism. For the last several years I've studied and read about various forms of Buddhism--Tibetan, Zen, and more recent Westernized versions--as well as attending a number of talks, empowerments, and seminars. The various types and schools of Buddhism have whole systems and terms for explaining themselves. "Introducing Buddhism" does a wonderful job of finding a core around which all of them come together.

A book and a religion that simply makes sense.

As my son and I are searching for a better education than is offered by the California public system, we've been considering Catholic private schools. Filling out the applications has made me realize that my religious beliefs had never been rendered down into a simple statement. This book gave me the language to describe what I have always believed in my heart.

Search and you shall find

Amazing book that greatly helped my struggle with my spirituality. I found it clear and concise with no fluff. I loved this book and have read it multiple times and will continue to do so as I learn more about my spiritual awakening. Enjoy....

An excellent, brief, readable introduction

This book converted me to the dharma! Written in a very simple, almost simplistic style, Introducing Buddhism is a very brief, non-technical, introduction to a potentially baffling subject. After struggling to grasp the essence of buddhism from numerous other sources, this was the book that did it for me. Not a textbook or scholarly treatise, just a wonderfully clear explanation, from a practitioner, of what it actually means to follow the path of the buddha. I now lend my copy to friends who ask me what I believe, confident that they won't be intimidated by ancient languages or arcane philosophies, and may just appreciate what buddhism is about.