The Heritage of the Bhikkhu - The Buddhist Tradition of Service

Walpola Rahula's What the Buddha Taught is a perennial backlist best-seller and has proven to be an indispensable guide to beginning Buddhism. It is renowned for its authoritative, clear, logical, and comprehensive approach. The Heritage of the Bhikkhu is a vivid account of the Buddhist monk's role as a servant to people's needs as a follower and teacher of the basic Buddhist principles. In this fascinating and informative volume, the author -- a noted Buddhist monk and scholar who received monastic training and education in Sri Lanka -- emphasizes Buddhism as a practical doctrine for daily living and spiritual perfection, not simply a monastic discipline. The Heritage of the Bhikkhu is a pioneering work that deserves to stand with the author's earlier masterpiece.

Product details

• Authors: Walpola Rahula, Walpola Rahula
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2003
• EAN: 9780802140234
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-4023-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 240 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Asia, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist, Buddhism, c 2000 to c 2009, CULTURAL HERITAGE / Asian / General, Relating to Buddhist people & groups, monk;Buddhism;discipline;spiritual;doctrine