Entering the stream : an introduction to the Buddha and his teachings

Book

Entering the stream : an introduction to the Buddha and his teachings / compiled and edited by Samuel Bercholz and Sherab Chödzin Kohn ; foreword by Bernardo Bertolucci.

Bercholz, Samuel. (Added Author). Chödzin, Sherab. (Added Author).

Summary:

This introduction to Buddhism includes essential readings, basic teachings, a life of the Buddha, and a concise historical survey.

Record details

ISBN: 0877739811
ISBN: 9780877739814
Physical Description: xviii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Boston : Shambhala : 1993.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-331).
Formatted Contents Note:: The life of the Buddha / Sherab Chodzin Kohn -- A short history of Buddhism / Sherab Chodzin Kohn -- The Buddha's teaching / Bhikku Bodhi -- Words of the Buddha / Balangoda Ananda Maitreya -- The development of ego / Choogyam Trungpa -- Seeing things as they are / Nyanaponika Thera -- Our real home / Ajahn Chah -- Moral conduct, concentration, and wisdom / S.N. Goenka -- Karma and its fruit / Nyanaponika Thera -- The practice of recollection / Bhikkhu Mangalo -- Unlimited friendliness : the metta sutta -- On trust in the mind / Seng-ts'an -- The heart sutra -- Exchanging oneself for others / Gyalwa Gendun Gyatso -- Loving-kindness / Pema Chodron -- The bodhisattva path / Chogyam Trungpa -- The sutra called flawless purity : a dialogue with the laywoman Gangottara / Garma C.C. Chang -- Looking at living beings / Charles Luk -- The enlightenment of Hui-neng / Wong Mou-lam -- To forget the self / Dogen Zenji -- Ten bulls : the Zen oxherding pictures / Kakuan -- Unfettered mind / Takuan Soho -- Zen mind, beginner's mind / Shunryu Suzuki.

Emptiness / Dainin Katagiri -- Engaged Buddhism / Thich Nhat Hanh -- The Tantric practitioner / Chogyam Trungpa -- The temptress and the monk / Reginald A. Ray -- The union of joy and happiness / Tilopa -- Songs of Milarepa / Karma Tsultrim Palmo -- Ati : the innermost essence / Jigme Lingpa -- Chase them away! / Patrul Rinpoche -- The refined essence of oral instructions / Padmasambhava -- Rebirth in the Buddhist tradition / Reginald A. Ray.