Introducing Buddha (eBook)

A Graphic Guide

Borin Van Loon, Jane Hope (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014 | 1. Auflage
176 Seiten
Icon Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84831-768-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Meditation, Karma, Zen, Tantric and Nirvana are some of the many Buddhist ideas Westerners hear of frequently, even if their meaning has been lost in translation. This vast and complex non-theistic religion is woven into the fabric of Asian civilisations. from India to the Himalayan regions, China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan and elsewhere. What is Buddhism really all about? Introducing Buddha describes the life and teachings of the Buddha, but it also shows that enlightenment is a matter of experiencing the truth individually, and by inspiration which is passed from teacher to student. Superbly illustrated by Borin Van Loon, the book illuminates this process through a rich legacy of stories, explains the practices of meditation, Taoism and Zen, and goes on to describe the role of Buddhism in modern Asia and its growing influence on Western thought.

Borin Van Loon has worked on numerous Introducing titles. He is a freelance illustrator, surrealist painter and collagist who produces the comic strip 'The Severed Head' for The Chap magazine.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.6.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Graphic Guides
• Reihe/Serie: Graphic Guides
• Reihe/Serie: Graphic Guides
• Reihe/Serie: Introducing...
• Zusatzinfo: Illustrations, black and white
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Schlagworte: Anthropology • Anthropology, Religion, Sociology, Zen, Buddhist, Tibetan, Sacred Writings, Rituals • Buddhist • Religion • Rituals • sacred writings • Sociology • tibetan • Zen
• ISBN-10: 1-84831-768-9 / 1848317689
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84831-768-0 / 9781848317680