The Sacred Paths: Understanding the Religions of the WorldPearson Education, 2006 - 577 頁 This book combines study of the dynamic historical development of each religious tradition with a comparative thematic structure. In this way, the book helps readers to explore each of the major religions as a unique and integral system of meaning and life. At the same time, readers are encouraged to discover and explore the nature of religious experience by comparing basic themes and issues common to all religions. Covering the religions arising from India, China, Japan, and the Mediterranean world, this book introduces the key dimensions of religious experience, outlining the basic human concerns that give rise to religious experience, such as origin and identity, ultimate reality, human nature, and the good life. For anyone interested in exploring the origins and development of the diverse religions of the world. |
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... Path of Action Although it might be recognized that the path of knowl- edge is the path that leads finally to complete moksha , most people are a long way from that kind of spiritual perfection . Whereas practices such as meditation are ...
... path and cultivate the important virtues of generosity and moral conduct . Be- sides deepening their understanding ... Path of Transformation Whereas Mahayana Buddhists accept the basics of the path as described pre- viously , their ...
... path of transformation can include re- liance on power from Buddhas as well as self - power for transformation and salvation . If one cannot follow the holy path of discipline and meditation to reach nirvana , and if one cannot even ...