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Buddhism from a Catholic Perspective

By Paul Williams

Book information

Publisher
Catholic Truth Society
Year
2006
ISBN
9781860824043
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
627 kB (641759 bytes)
Pages
52\52
Topic
Religion\\Buddhism
Time added
2019-05-21 20:39:08
BuddhismcatholicismMahayanaTheology

Description

Buddhism is recognised as one of the world’s great religions, yet it is probably the least understood. Paul Williams, Professor of Indian and Tibetan Philosophy and convert to Catholicism, explains the main tenets of Buddhism and its methods of prayer and meditation, comparing and contrasting them with the Catholic faith. Title......Page 2 Contents......Page 3 Copyright......Page 4 What is Buddhism?......Page 6 The Buddha......Page 7 The Dharma......Page 10 The teaching of not-Self......Page 14 The Saṃgha......Page 16 Buddhist meditation......Page 20 Nostra Aetate......Page 25 Dialogue......Page 26 Key differences......Page 29 Reincarnation......Page 33 Suffering......Page 35 On meditation......Page 42

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