Resultados para "Buddha for Beginners" en Religiones

Siddhartha Gautama, su verdadero nombre, es una figura religiosa sagrada para dos de las religiones con mayor número de adeptos en el mundo, el budismo (fue fundador del dharma budista y primer "gran iluminado") y el hinduismo (en el que se lo considera como la novena encarnación del dios Vishnú).

This rich, timely, and highly original portrait of the Buddha explores both the archetypal religious icon and Buddha the man. In lucid and compelling prose, Armstrong brings to life the Buddha’s quest, from his renunciation of his privileged life to the discovery of a truth that he believed...

“In this delightful autobiography, Smith tells us how he became the dean of world religion experts. Along the way we meet the people who shaped him and shared his journey—a Who’s Who of 20th century spiritual America: the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Dalai Lama, Aldous Huxley, Timothy...

The Wisdom of Compassion offers rare insights into the Dalai Lama’s life and his efforts to translate compassion into action through deeply engaging, behind-the-scene stories about his interactions with remarkable people from all walks of life. This is the Dalai Lama at his most human, and...