Buddhism, Dale S. Wright
Buddhism, Dale S. Wright
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Buddhism
What Everyone Needs to Know

Author: Dale S. Wright

Narrator: James Anderson Foster

Unabridged: 7 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/02/2020


Synopsis

Buddhism is one of the oldest and largest of the world's religions. But it is also a tradition that has proven to have enormous contemporary relevance. Founded by Siddhartha Gautama, who came to be called the Buddha, the religion has spread from its origins in northeast India, across Asia, and eventually to the West, taking on new forms at each step of the way. Buddhism: What Everyone Needs to Know offers listeners a brief, authoritative guide to one of the world's most diverse religious traditions in a reader-friendly question-and-answer format. Dale Wright covers the origins and early history of Buddhism, the diversity of types of Buddhism throughout history, and the status of contemporary Buddhism. This is a go-to book for anyone seeking a basic understanding of the origins, history, teachings, and practices of Buddhism.

About Dale S. Wright

Dale S. Wright is a professor of religious and Asian studies at Occidental College and has been actively engaged in the study of Buddhism for over four decades. He has traveled and lived extensively throughout Asia and has first-hand experience with many different types and nationalities of Buddhism. He is the author of numerous books, including What Is Buddhist Enlightenment? and The Six Perfections: Buddhism and the Cultivation of Character.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Caleb

The sheer amount of Buddhisms? The amount of history in this book? It was great. I like how the author explained everything in subchapters, and I liked how those subchapters were relevant to the main and the one that came before it.......more

Goodreads review by Corinne

Text for Contemplative Practice Traditions course. I both appreciated and found tedious the q&a format.......more

Goodreads review by Krzys

Concise, elegant, unbiased, clear. An excellent introduction to a profound topic.......more