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Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism, Second Edition
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Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism, Second Edition Paperback - 2004 - 2nd Edition

by Gach, Gary

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Enlightenment has never been easier with this updated guide.

There's more to Buddhism than meditation and mantras and this fully updated guide is what every reader needs on the path to enlightenment. With expanded information on the practice of Buddhism in the United States and the West, a greater focus on the relationship between Buddhism and Islam, and the effects of Buddhism on Christianity and Judaism, this book explores the easy ways readers can make Buddhism a part of their daily lives.

á Includes expanded appendixes featuring a timeline showing the evolution of Buddhism through history
á Covers all four schools of Buddhism Zen, Tibetan, Pure Land, and Insight Meditation
á Expanded section on 'rites of passage' shows how a new generation has taken to Buddhism

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  • Title Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism, Second Edition
  • Author Gach, Gary
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 2nd
  • Edition 2
  • Condition UsedGood
  • Pages 390
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Alpha Books, Rocklin, CA
  • Date October 5, 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2Y6RVS002GY4_ns
  • ISBN 9781592572779 / 1592572774
  • Weight 1.34 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.19 x 7.36 x 0.86 in (23.34 x 18.69 x 2.18 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Buddhism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004108626
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.3

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About the author

Gary Gach has been a student of Buddhism for more than 40 years and is a consultant to the Buddhist Film Society as well as the Unified Buddhist Church. He is co-translator of Ko Un, Korea's greatest living Zen poet, and has worked as the arts and religion editor for "AsianWeek" and as a contributing editor to the "San Francisco Review of Books." He is the editor of "What Book!? Buddha Poems from Beat to HipHop."