Buddha - A Graphic Guide

Zusatztext 'An exemplary introduction... persuasive and intelligently critical.' Informationen zum Autor Borin Van Loon has worked on numerous Introducing titles. He is a freelance illustrator, surrealist painter and collagist who produces the comic strip 'The Severed Head' for The Chap magazine. Klappentext "Introducing Buddha" describes the life and teachings of the Buddha, but it also shows that enlightenment is a matter of experiencing the truth individually and by inspiration which is passed from teacher to student. Superbly illustrated by Borin Van Loon, the book illuminates this process through a rich legacy of stories and explains the practices of meditation, Taoism and Zen. It goes on to describe the role of Buddhism in modern Asia and its growing influence on Western thought. Zusammenfassung What is Buddhism really all about?

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hop, Jan Hope, Jane Hope, Jane Van Loon Hope, Hope Jane, Loon, Borin van Loon, Borin Van Loon, Van Loon Borin
• Editore: Icon Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.09.2008
• EAN: 9781848310117
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-011-7
• Pagine: 176
• Dimensioni: 118 mm x 168 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Introducing . . .; Introducing
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia; Buddhismus, Buddha, RELIGION / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, STUDY AIDS / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural, PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist, RELIGION / Buddhism / History, RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan, PHILOSOPHY / Zen, RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen (see also PHILOSOPHY / Zen), RELIGION / Buddhism / Sacred Writings, RELIGION / Buddhism / Theravada, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction, ANF:Religion, Graphic Guides: Religion