Donald W. Mitchell (1)
Autore di Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience
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Opere di Donald W. Mitchell
The Gethsemani Encounter: A Dialogue on the Spiritual Life by Buddhist and Christian Monastics (1997) — A cura di — 82 copie
Transforming Suffering: Reflections on Finding Peace in Troubled Times by His Holiness the Dalai Lamma, His Holiness… (2003) 28 copie
Spirituality and Emptiness: The Dynamics of Spiritual Life in Buddhism and Christianity (1991) 21 copie
Finding Peace in Troubled Times: Buddhist and Christian Monastics on Transforming Suffering (2010) — A cura di — 3 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Mitchell, Donald W.
- Sesso
- male
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 7
- Utenti
- 307
- Popolarità
- #76,700
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 16
As the blurb on the back mentions this book is a collection of essays written by various authors from different walks of life. Some of them have specialties in Japanese Literature, some of them are followers of the path of Zen Buddhism, all of them are pretty well done. The essays are organized by theme. Some of them discuss the life and times of Masao Abe, others discuss his work in philosophy. More than anything, Abe was a builder of bridges. He attempted to foster relationships and develop discussions between Eastern and Western schools of thought. In some cases he was successful and in others, the Western Schools didn’t know what he wanted of them. Apparently, they thought that it was only for people that had studied Buddhism or had some grounding in the practice of it, while Abe was perfectly happy to have a total neophyte talk about it from a Western perspective.
I don’t really know what I expected from this book when I bought it, but I supposed it would be in the vein of a biography or autobiography. I did not really expect it to be a series of essays, but there isn’t really a problem with this format as it is. It makes it seem like a less formal affair and that seems appropriate for the subject matter somehow.
In any case, this book was pretty good considering my expectations and experiences.… (altro)