The New Buddhism (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: James William Coleman
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Religion and sociology
- Setting: The United States and Great Britain
- Genres: Nonfiction, Religion and spirituality, Sociology
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Religion, Buddhism, Great Britain
- Locales: United States, Great Britain
Buddhism began with Siddhartha Gautama, who lived in northern India in the sixth or fifth century b.c.e. Tradition says he became “the enlightened one” (the Buddha) after a period of deep meditation under a bodhi tree. The remainder of his long life was devoted to three intertwined teachings: an ethical teaching that one’s intentions in this life determined one’s future rebirth; a teaching that the nearly endless cycle of rebirth could be ended by enlightenment, by seeing reality as it really was; and a teaching that a state of mindfulness and deep meditation could produce such...
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