The complete idiot's guide to Buddhism. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Complete idiot's guide; Buddhism
• Further Information: Note: Gary Gach.
• Other Names: Gach, Gary
• Contents: PART 1: BUDDHA, SHOWING THE WAY: The teachings of a smile: the life of the Buddha -- Different flavors, one taste: the teachings travel to different lands -- Interfaith: same mountain, different trails -- The newest petal of the lotus: Western Buddhism -- PART 2: DHARMA: TRUTH, AND THE WAY TO TRUTH: Gem of refuge, ennobling truth -- Buddha's way: the eightfold path -- Take Karma, make Dharma: key points -- Conscious conduct: precepts for a path with a heart -- PART 3: SANGHA: JOINING THE PATH: Stepping into freedom: establishing a practice -- Meditation: base camp -- Look within: insight meditation -- Gate to the source: Zen -- The way is easy and wide: Buddha's pure land -- Diamond way: Tibetan Buddhism -- PART 4: BUDDHISM IN ACTION: APPLICATIONS IN EVERYDAY LIFE: Bringing it all back home: relations -- It's not just a job, it's life itself: right livelihood -- Food for the heart: the meal of life -- Everybody's doing it: Buddhism and popular culture -- Awakening ways of seeing and being: Dharma art -- Life within us and without us: Buddhism and science -- Is happiness an individual matter?: engaged Buddhism -- APPENDIXES: A: Buddhism in a one-page book: quick reference -- B: The vocabulary of silence: a Buddhist glossary -- C. From the trees to thee: further reads.
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: London : Alpha
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (416 pages)
• Subjects: 294.3 $2 22; Buddhism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781101105610; 1101105615
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.