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| An Illustrated Outline of Buddhism |
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Subjects(s):
Buddhism
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Price: $18.95
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ISBN: 978-1-936597-26-0
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Book Size: 6" x 9"
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# of Pages: 160
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Language: English
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Description
An Illustrated Outline of Buddhism is an ideal introduction to the vast and complex field of Buddhism, a world religion with more than a billion followers. In its short format and accessible style, it presents the essential features of the Buddhist religion in a manner that is suitable for both the general reader and the student of Buddhism.
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AWARDS
- Finalist for 2013 Foreword Review “Book of the Year” Award in the category “Adult Nonfiction/Religion”
- Finalist for 2014 Benjamin Franklin Award in the category “Religion”
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An Illustrated Outline of Buddhism is an ideal introduction to the vast and complex field of Buddhism, a world religion with more than a billion followers. In its short format and accessible style, it presents the essential features of the Buddhist religion in a manner that is suitable for both the general reader and the student of Buddhism.
This fully illustrated edition contains a stunning array of outstanding examples of Buddhist art, architecture, statuary, and calligraphy. It also includes numerous maps, diagrams, and charts which both illustrate important aspects of Buddhist beliefs and summarize the different cultural forms and developmental phases of Buddhism.
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AWARDS
- Finalist for 2013 Foreword Review “Book of the Year” Award in the category “Adult Nonfiction/Religion”
- Finalist for 2014 Benjamin Franklin Award in the category “Religion”
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William Stoddart (June 25, 1925–November 9, 2023) was a Perennialist author, editor, and translator who was active in advancing the understanding of the writings of Frithjof Schuon, Titus Burckhardt, and others, for over 50 years. Dr. Stoddart's most recent publications with World Wisdom are An Illustrated Outline of Buddhism: The Essentials of Buddhist Spirituality, What Does Islam Mean in Today’s World?, and Outline of Sufism: The Essentials of Islamic Spirituality. A compilation of his writings, Remembering in a World of Forgetting, was edited by M. Soares de Azevedo and A. Vasconcellos Queiroz. Stoddart also edited The Essential Titus Burckhardt, and was perhaps the greatest authority on the work of this great Swiss traditionalist. Dr. Stoddart's other contributions in World Wisdom books include:
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Joseph Fitzgerald has authored or edited several books on diverse world religions and philosophy that have won more than ten awards, including the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award. The subjects include Buddhism, Hinduism, the American Indians, Christianity, the ecological crisis and the Perennial Philosophy. Fitzgerald studied Comparative Religion at Indiana University, where he also earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. He is an adopted grandson of Thomas Yellowtail, one of the most honored American Indian spiritual leaders of the last century. For more than thirty years, Joseph has traveled extensively throughout the American Indian, Oriental and Islamic worlds. He has edited the following books for World Wisdom:
- Spirit of the Indian Warrior, co-edited with Michael 0. Fitzgerald, 2019.
- Spirit of the Earth: Indian Voices on Nature, co-edited with Michael Fitzgerald, May 2017.
- World of the Teton Sioux Indians: Their Music, Life, and Culture, by Frances Densmore, September 2016.
- The Original Gospel of Ramakrishna:
Based on M.’s English Text, Abridged, by Shri Ramakrishna, co-edited with Swami Abhedananda, 2011.
- The Wisdom of Ananda Coomaraswamy: Selected Reflections on Indian Art, Life, and Religion by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, co-edited with S. Durai Raja Singam (November 2011).
- An Illustrated Introduction to Taoism
- Of the Land and the Spirit: The Essential Lord Northbourne on Ecology and Religion
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“An Illustrated Outline of Buddhism: The Essentials of Buddhist Spirituality by William Stoddart is an informed and informative history and introduction to a world religion with more than a billion followers and divided into numerous sects. Beautifully illustrated with eighty full color photographs, and enhanced with a number of maps, diagrams and charts, this compendium of expert commentary on Buddhism's essential features is an ideal introduction and is highly recommended for personal, academic, and community library Buddhist Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.”
— from a review in Wisconsin Bookwatch, a publication of Midwest Book Reviews
“In An Illustrated Outline of Buddhism: The Essentials of Buddhist Spirituality, scholar William Stoddart provides a comprehensive and succinct summary of the diverse expressions of Buddhist teachings and culture across history. In just 160 pages, his concise account covers tremendous breadth and is brought to life with eighty full-color illustrations of Buddhist art and architecture, along with many maps and charts.… This overview will be helpful to the novice, explaining many terms essential to Buddhist thought.… The book is well produced, and the many color illustrations are attractive and engaging.”
—ForeWord Reviews, from a review by Kristen Rabe
“Over the last half century the burgeoning popularity of Buddhism in the West has engendered all manner of misconceptions. William Stoddart’s concise, lucid, and penetrating book banishes many misunderstandings and expounds Buddhism as both Doctrine and Way. It also explains the diverse Buddhist schools and branches, and through its abundant illustrations displays that sacred art which is both ‘witness and proof’ of any living tradition. Highly recommended!”
—Harry Oldmeadow, La Trobe University, author of Frithjof Schuon and the Perennial Philosophy and Touchstones of the Spirit
“This book is a pocket encyclopedia. The explanations given by the author of many subtle and important doctrines are gratifyingly clear.”
—Alberto Martin, author of Sleeping, Dreaming, Awakening
“A salient contribution to the study of Buddhism. The prestigious British author was able to produce here a clear, simple, and at the same time profound and comprehensive study of Buddhism, which … offers a balanced panorama of the Buddhist religion, history, and culture.”
—Mateus Soares de Azevedo, editor of Remembering in a World of Forgetting: Thoughts on Tradition and Postmodernism
“This new illustrated edition, revised and enlarged a full generation after the first, provides a clear and succinct overview of Buddhist teachings and practices.… Stoddart’s work also pays tribute to the overwhelming beauty of Buddhist art—amply confirmed by the rich selection of color reproductions in this volume.”
—Joseph A. Fitzgerald, editor of Honen the Buddhist Saint
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