Buddhism - Dale S. Wright

Category: Spiritual & Religious
Language: English
Keywords: Buddhism What Everyone Needs To Know

Written by Dale S. Wright
Read by James Anderson Foster
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
Release date: 06-02-20

Buddhism is one of the oldest and largest of the world’s religions. But it is also a tradition that has proven to have enormous contemporary relevance. Founded by Siddhartha Gautama, who came to be called the Buddha, the religion has spread from its origins in Northeast India, across Asia, and eventually to the West, taking on new forms at each step of the way. Buddhism: What Everyone Needs to Know offers listeners a brief, authoritative guide to one of the world’s most diverse religious traditions in a listener-friendly question-and-answer format. Dale Wright covers the origins and early history of Buddhism, the diversity of types of Buddhism throughout history, and the status of contemporary Buddhism. This is a go-to guide for anyone seeking a basic understanding of the origins, history, teachings, and practices of Buddhism.