The Buddhist Handbook: A Complete Guide to Buddhist Teaching and Practice

by JohnSnelling (Author)

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  Paperback
  1992

  $8.61

  A comprehensive guide to help the newcomer - or the interested outsider - orientate him or herself to the different schools, concepts, interpretations and organizations which make up the world of Buddhism. The book discusses the basic teachings, the mains schools, the Buddhist world-view, leading Buddhist teachers, Buddhist festivals and meditation. John Snelling was the General Secretary of the Buddhist Society fom 1980-1984, and also editor of the society's journal, The Middle Way .