Lotus in the Stream: Essays in Basic Buddhism - Couverture souple

Yun, Hsing; Hsing Yun

 
9780834804418: Lotus in the Stream: Essays in Basic Buddhism

Synopsis

Book by Yun Hsing Graham Tom

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Over the centuries, Buddhism has produced an enormous quantity of teachings, doctrines, and highly complex systems of thought, making it very difficult to obtain a grasp of the full range of Buddhist philosophy and practice. In Lotus in a Stream , Chinese Buddhist Master Hsing Yun offers a Buddhist primer to organizes the major ideas and practices of Buddhism, from the most basic to the most complex, and presents them in concise, accessible, yet highly insightful mini-essays. An accomplished scholar of Buddhism, Master Hsing Yun also illuminates Buddhist doctrines with the light of decades of practice. Whether read straight through or flipped through as a handy encyclopedia, Lotus in a Stream is the perfect reference for beginners and advanced students of Buddhism alike.

Biographie de l'auteur

Master Hsing Yun is a Chinese Buddhist monk and forty-eighth patriarch of the Linji School of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism. He is founder of Fo Kuang Shan monastery in Taiwan and of the Buddha's Light International Association, which has nearly a million members worldwide.

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