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portada Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and its Burmese Vicissitudes, Expanded Edition
Type
Physical Book
Year
1982
Language
English
Pages
530
Format
Paperback
ISBN
0520046722
ISBN13
9780520046726
Edition No.
1
Categories

Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and its Burmese Vicissitudes, Expanded Edition

Melford E. Spiro (Author) · University Of California Press · Paperback

Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and its Burmese Vicissitudes, Expanded Edition - Melford E. Spiro

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Synopsis "Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and its Burmese Vicissitudes, Expanded Edition"

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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