The Buddha Within Ourselves - Blossoms of the Lotus Sutra

Maria Immacolata Macioti's The Buddha Within Ourselves contains the results of a five-year study conducted by Professor Macioti, and a team of young scholars under her direction. This study focuses on Nichiren Buddhism as practiced by the members of the Italian Soka Gakkai, one of 177 sister organizations associated with Soka Gakkai International, a well known Japan-based Buddhist association that promotes peace, culture and education all over the world. Richard M. Capozzi's translation makes this book available to English-speaking audiences, for the first time.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Translator's Foreword Chapter 2 Author's Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgements Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 How to Join Chapter 6 Difficult Beginnings Chapter 7 The Object of Devotion Chapter 8 Life in the Organization Chapter 9 Structural Aspects Chapter 10 Faith, Practice and Study Chapter 11 The Divisions: Between Structure and Self-Motivation Chapter 12 The Society for Value-Creating Education: Successive Presidents Chapter 13 Chronology of the Research Chapter 14 Historical Profiles Chapter 15 Glossary Chapter 16 Works Cited Chapter 17 Index Chapter 18 About the Author

About the author

Maria Immacolata Macioti is Associate Professor of Sociology and Sociology of Religion, University of Rome "La Sapienza."

Product details

• Authors: Maria Immacolata Macioti, Macioti Maria Immacolata
• Assisted by: Capozzi Richard Maurice (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.06.2002
• EAN: 9780761821892
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-2189-2
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 212 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 290 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Buddhism / General, Buddhism