Unmasking Buddhism

Faure, Bernard:
Unmasking Buddhism / Bernard Faure. - Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. - vi, 159 S.
ISBN 978-1-4051-8065-8
£ 45,00 / EUR 54,00 (Hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4051-8064-1
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Inhalt
Introduction. 1
PART I: BUDDHISM IN HISTORY. 5
    - Buddhism is both one and many. 7
    - The Buddha is only a man who achieved Awakening. 11
    - Buddhism is an Indian religion. 18
    - Buddhism is the cult of nothingness. 23
    - Buddhism is a philosophy, not a religion. 27
    - All Buddhists are seeking to achieve Awakening. 34
    - Buddhism teaches the impermanence of all things. 39
    - The belief in karma leads to fatalism. 44
    - Buddhism denies the existence of a self. 49
    - Buddhism teaches reincarnation. 52
PART II BUDDHISM AND LOCAL CULTURES. 57
    - Buddhism is an atheistic religion. 59
    - Buddhism is above all a spirituality. 66
    - The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Buddhism. 71
    - To be Buddhist is to be Zen. 76
PART III: BUDDHISM AND SOCIETY. 83
    - Buddhism is a tolerant religion. 85
    - Buddhism teaches compassion. 89
    - Buddhism is a peaceful religion. 93
    - Buddhism affirms that we are all equal. 99
    - Buddhism is compatible with science. 104
    - Buddhism is a kind of therapy. 112
    - Buddhism advocates a strict vegetarianism. 118
    - Buddhism is a universalist teaching. 122
    - Buddhism is a religion of monks. 129
Conclusion: Buddhism or Neo-Buddhism? 139
Glossary. 143
A Short Bibliography. 151
Index. 153

Autor
Bernard Faure is Kao Professor in Japanese Religion at Columbia University. He has published a number of books in French and English, including: The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism (1991); Chan Insights and Oversights: An Epistemological Critique of the Chan Tradition (1993); Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism (1996); The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality (1998); The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender (2003); and Double Exposure (2004). He is presently working on a book on Japanese Gods and Demons. Faculty profile.

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