Author: Henry Steel OlcottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddha (The concept)
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A Buddhist Catechism
Author: Henry Steel OlcottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddha (The concept)
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Buddhist Catechism
Author: Henry S. OlcottPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The Buddhism Catechism by Olcott is a new, post-Enlightenment interpretation of Buddhist believes. Henry Olcott reviewed Buddhism from the point of view, following the strict rules of catechistic criticism established in orthodox Christianity. This book was a most significant contribution to the revival of Buddhism in Shri-Lanka and is still in use there today. The text of the book represents the central doctrines of Buddhism, including the life of Buddha, and how the message of Buddha correlates with modern society. It also contains the message of the Dharma and the role of the Sangha in the Buddhist teachings. The book is written in a simple manner, in the form of questions and answers, and became very popular in Sri Lanka and was an effective tool for the popularization of Buddhism.
The Buddhist Catechism
Author: Henry Steel OlcottPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Olcott's "Buddhist Catechism", composed in 1881, is one of Henry Steel Olcott's most enduring contributions to the revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and remains in use there today. The text outlines what Olcott saw to be the basic doctrines of Buddhism, including the life of the Buddha, the message of the Dharma, and the role of the Sangha. The text also treats how the Buddha's message correlates with contemporary society. Olcott was considered by South Asians and others to be a Buddhist revivalist.
The White Buddhist
Author: Stephen ProtheroPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253222763
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Denounced by the New York Times as an "unmitigated rascal" while simultaneously being lauded as a reincarnation of Gautama Buddha himself, Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907) was friend to Madame Blavatsky, co-founder of the Theosophical Society, and an indefatigable reformer and culture broker between East and West. Olcott helped bring about a new spiritual creation, Protestant Buddhism, a creative creolization of American Protestantism, traditional Theravada Buddhism, and other influences. Stephen Prothero's portrait of Olcott is an engaging study of spiritual quest and cross-cultural encounters.
A Buddhist Catechism
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddha (The concept)
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Buddhist Catechism
Author: Henry Steel OlcottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddha (The concept)
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Catholicism and Buddhism
Author: Anthony E. ClarkPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498243525
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
The recent tide of books comparing Christianity and Buddhism has centered mostly on similarities. The Dalai Lama, for example, provided his opinions on Christianity in a popular book, The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus (1996). Other writers have equally sought to describe these two traditions as "two paths to the same place." Finding these approaches overly simplified, Anthony Clark confronts the distinctions between Buddhism and Catholic Christianity, acknowledging areas of confluence, but also discerning areas of abiding difference. Clark provides here a Catholic view of Buddhism that avoids obfuscations, seeking clarity for the sake of more productive dialogue.
Dispelling the Darkness
Author: Donald S. Lopez Jr.Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674659708
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Introduction to Inquiry concerning the doctrines of previous lives and emptiness -- Selections from Inquiry concerning the doctrines of previous lives and emptiness -- Introduction to Essence of the Christian religion -- Essence of the Christian religion -- A final thought
Zen Catholicism
Author: Aelred GrahamPublisher: Gracewing Publishing
ISBN: 9780852442722
Category : Zen Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The author's reflection upon Zen Buddhism and Catholicism has shown many points of contact between them, in spite of their divergent rituals and philosophies. Although he warns against the weaknesses of Zen, he urges Westerners in general, and Catholics in particular, to draw from its strengths, suggesting that the harmony Zen points to at the heart of religion could bring the West freedom from unnecessary anxiety and a new awareness of the peace of God.
Religious Dynamics under the Impact of Imperialism and Colonialism
Author: Björn BentlagePublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004329005
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
This sourcebook offers rare insights into a formative period in the modern history of religions. Throughout the late 19th and the early 20th centuries, when commercial, political and cultural contacts intensified worldwide, politics and religions became ever more entangled. This volume offers a wide range of translated source texts from all over Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, thereby diminishing the difficulty of having to handle the plurality of involved languages and backgrounds. The ways in which the original authors, some prominent and others little known, thought about their own religion, its place in the world and its relation to other religions, allows for much needed insight into the shared and analogous challenges of an age dominated by imperialism and colonialism.