Encyclopedia of Buddhism

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'It is an excellent advocate for both reference publishing and for the beliet system ít represents.' Reference Reviews 'This work is a crucial source for specialists ... Highly recommended.' G.J. Reece, Choice The Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism is a complete, careful, accurate and up-to-date one-volume desk reference, documenting the history, doctrines, schools, rituals, sacred places, basic ideas and concepts, and globalization of the entire Buddhist tradition. In addition, it provides bibliographic references to the leading scholarship by scholars from around the world. As such, it is an indispensable tool for students, teachers, and researchers from a wide rangé of disciplinary backgrounds, as well as to the generál reader. The Encyclopedia is characterized by its wide rangé of contents, primary sources, and both the depth and quality of its entries. It allows its readers to quickly access information on all topics included in the volume. It covers the study of Buddhism,... Tovább

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'It is an excellent advocate for both reference publishing and for the beliet system ít represents.' Reference Reviews 'This work is a crucial source for specialists ... Highly recommended.' G.J. Reece, Choice The Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism is a complete, careful, accurate and up-to-date one-volume desk reference, documenting the history, doctrines, schools, rituals, sacred places, basic ideas and concepts, and globalization of the entire Buddhist tradition. In addition, it provides bibliographic references to the leading scholarship by scholars from around the world. As such, it is an indispensable tool for students, teachers, and researchers from a wide rangé of disciplinary backgrounds, as well as to the generál reader. The Encyclopedia is characterized by its wide rangé of contents, primary sources, and both the depth and quality of its entries. It allows its readers to quickly access information on all topics included in the volume. It covers the study of Buddhism, Buddhist canons and literature, Buddha, Dharma, Sangha, Nikaya Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism, Buddhist meditational systems, sacred places in Buddhism, practices and rituals, biographies of famous Buddhists (including ideál types), Buddhist ethics, Buddhist art(s), engaged Buddhism, Buddhism and technology, women in Buddhism, Buddhism in India, South and Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, and Buddhism in the Western World. All readers of the Encyclopedia will benefit from a scholarly but readable work that lends itself to being approached from almost any starting point, and guides the reader to an increased knowledge of Buddhism through very easy access to all relevant materials. Damien Keown is Professor of Buddhist Ethics at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Charles S. Prebish holds the Charles Redd Endowed Chair in Religious Studies at Utah State University. They are the editors of two Routledge series: World Religions and Critical Studies in Buddhism and are the authors of Introducing Buddhism. Vissza