Philosophy of the compassionate Buddha : under the bo-tree-- on the lotus flower /
Co, Alfredo P.
Philosophy of the compassionate Buddha : under the bo-tree-- on the lotus flower / Alfredo P. Co. - Manila : University of Santo Tomas, 2003 - xxvii, 210 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Philosophy of the Compassionate Buddha offers new approaches to Buddhist scholarship for not only does it fill an important gap in research, but it is also told with great historical precision as he explains Buddhist Philosophy in its various aspects of thoughts, symbols, mudras, and mantras. Necessary technicalities such as list of rich Buddhist literatures have been presented and difficult passages explicated in terms understandable to nonspecialist so that the book may be of lasting value to a broad circle of intellectuals- philosophers, litterateurs, historians, and religious scholars.For its often vivid and passing dramatic prose, constantly rich in humanism, insight as well as factual recollection, the book forms a document of potentially great historical significance.
971506-237-7
Gautama Buddha
Philosophy, Buddhist
Philosophy of the compassionate Buddha : under the bo-tree-- on the lotus flower / Alfredo P. Co. - Manila : University of Santo Tomas, 2003 - xxvii, 210 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Philosophy of the Compassionate Buddha offers new approaches to Buddhist scholarship for not only does it fill an important gap in research, but it is also told with great historical precision as he explains Buddhist Philosophy in its various aspects of thoughts, symbols, mudras, and mantras. Necessary technicalities such as list of rich Buddhist literatures have been presented and difficult passages explicated in terms understandable to nonspecialist so that the book may be of lasting value to a broad circle of intellectuals- philosophers, litterateurs, historians, and religious scholars.For its often vivid and passing dramatic prose, constantly rich in humanism, insight as well as factual recollection, the book forms a document of potentially great historical significance.
971506-237-7
Gautama Buddha
Philosophy, Buddhist
