Almost one hundred years after it was first published, Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot remains one of the best introductions to Buddhist thought for a Western audience. Newly edited and with an illuminating new foreword by one of today’s foremost scholars of Buddhism and Japanese religion, Taitestsu Unno, it contains the lectures and articles of the Japanese Zen abbot Soyen Shaku, whose talks in the United States first popularized Buddhism. Foreshadowing the attitude and method of many contemporary teachers, Shaku advocates an approach to religious life that stresses personal understanding based on practice and experience, rather than the acceptance of received creeds and doctrines. His lucid explanations make use of Western religious, philosophic, and psychological references to clarify the ideas central to understanding Mahayana Buddhism, which is the basis of all schools and denominations.

Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot: A Classic of American Buddhism

Religion & Spirituality

Shaku, Soyen

Buddhism

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Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot [Zen for Americans] (Large Print Edition)

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Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot [Zen for Americans]

Zen for Americans

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Kessinger Publishing

In lectures delivered during 1905 and 1906, the Japanese mentor explains basic Buddhist concepts of God, faith, law, war, and other universal human concerns

Zen for Americans (Open Court Paperback) (English and Japanese Edition)

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Sermons of a Buddhist abbot;: Addresses on religious subjects, including the Sutra of forty-two chapters

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1913. This little work is a collection of some of the lectures delivered by the Right Reverend Soyen Shaku during his sojourn in Japan. He lectured on the Sutra of Forty-two Chapters, and naturally chose the texts for his sermons from this most popular among the canonical books. Partial Contents: Sutra of forty-two chapters; God conception; assertions and denials; immortality; Buddhist faith and ethics; What is Buddhism? middle way; wheel of the good law; reply to a Christian critic; ignorance and enlightenment; practice of Dhyana; Buddhism and oriental culture; sacrifice for a stanza; Buddhist view of war.

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Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot: A Classic of American Buddhism

Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot [Zen for Americans] (Large Print Edition)

Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot [Zen for Americans]

Zen for Americans

Zen for Americans (Open Court Paperback) (English and Japanese Edition)

Sermons of a Buddhist abbot;: Addresses on religious subjects, including the Sutra of forty-two chapters

Zen for Americans

Zen for Americans

Zen for Americans

Zen for Americans: Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot (Forgotten Books)