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Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes

By Melford E. Spiro

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780520341982
DOI
10.1525/9780520341982
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
40 MB (41661190 bytes)
Edition
2nd, expanded edition, Reprint 2020
Pages
542\526
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 17:18:03

Description

The current Western interest in Buddhism and other Eastern religions is--among other reasons--both the result of and the stimulation for an entire library of books purporting to bring the Wisdom of the East to an audience for whom the wisdom of the West has failed. This book is not an example of that genre. It is an attempt to interpret Buddhism in the light of some current theories about religion. As a work of scholarship, rather than a homiletic tract or an apologetic treatise, its aim is to understand Buddhism as one historical variant of the generic human attempt to find meaning and hope in a sacred order that transcends the mundane order of existence; its aime is not to encourage or discourage either a devotional or a soteriological interest in Buddhism.

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