The Sacred Paths: Understanding the Religions of the World 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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... bodhisattva , an enlight- ened being who reaches nirvana but voluntarily remains in the samsara existence , rebirth after rebirth , for the purpose of helping others . Some bodhisattvas are celestial beings , living in the heavens and ...
Understanding the Religions of the World Theodore M. Ludwig. Statue of a bodhisattva , probably Avalokiteshvara , from thirteenth - century Nepal . ' Bodhisattva ' . Nepal ; Early Malla period , 13th century . Gilt copper with inlays of ...
... bodhisattva delays entering into nirvana , continuing in the rebirth cycle in order to work for the salvation of all beings , in accordance with the bodhisattva vow . An important factor in the idea of the bodhisattva is the Buddhist ...
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Hindu Ritual and the Good Life | 108 |
Chinese Worlds of Meaning | 232 |
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