BUDDHISM: A CONCISE INTRODUCTION
| * Author’s Preface | * The Buddha’s Four Truths |
| * What Is Buddhism | * The Law Of Karma |
| * The Buddha’s Life | * Rebirth v Reincarnation |
| * The Buddha’s Teachings | * Guidelines For Living |
| * Short Glossary Of Buddhist Terms | * Links To Buddhist Sites |
| * The History Of Buddhism | * Dharma The Cat’s Four Truths |
| * Bodhi’s Four Truths | * Siam’s Four Truths |
| * Buddhism’s Different Traditions | * Where Does The Mahayana Come From? |
| * “Pure Land” Buddhism | * Buddhist Precepts & Principles |
| * Brief Intro to Buddhism by the Unitarian-Universalist Church | * Comparison of Buddhism & Hinduism by Hinduism Today Magazine |
Here are 3 quotes which give a simple general impression of what Buddhism is about:
“Not to do any evil,
To cultivate good,
To purify one’s mind-
This is the advice of the Buddhas.”
— the Dhammapada (183)
“Do not believe in anything
simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in traditions
simply because they have been handed
down for many generations.
Do not believe in anything
simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything
simply because it is found written in your
religious books.
Do not believe in anything
merely on the authority of your teachers
and elders.
But when, after observation and analysis,
you find anything that agrees with reason,
and is conducive to the good and benefit
of one and all,
then accept it and live up to it.
— The Buddha’s Kalama Sutra
“Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural & spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity” —- Albert Einstein
- August 22, 2019