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The Buddha's Golden
Path
The Classic Introduction to Zen Buddhism
Dwight
Goddard
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ISBN: 0-7570-0023-1
Length: 208 Pages
Size: 5.5
X 8.5-inch
Format: Quality Paperback
Category: Religion / Zen Buddhism
Price: $14.95
Availability:
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Contents
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In 1929, when author Dwight
Goddard wrote The Buddha's Golden Path, he was breaking
ground. No American before him had lived the lifestyle of a Zen
Buddhist monk, and then set out to share the secrets he had learned
with his countrymen. This title was the first American book published
to popularize Zen Buddhism. Released in the midst of the Great Depression,
in its own way, it offered answers to the questions that millions
of disillusioned people were beginning to ask--questions about what
was really important in their lives. Questions we still ask ourselves
today.
As a book of instruction,
The Buddha's Golden Path has held up remarkably well.
As a true classic, it has touched countless lives, and has opened
the door for future generations in this country to study and embrace
the principles of Zen.
Dwight
Goddard was a pioneer in the American Zen Buddhist movement.
He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1861. After graduating
from college as an industrial engineer, he made his fortune in service
to the United States Government during World War I. Greatly disillusioned
by the brutality of war, Goddard became a missionary for the American
Board. He was sent first to China, and later to Japan, where he
lived in and studied at a Zen Buddhist monastery outside Kyoto for
nearly one year. In 1924, having moved back to the States, he began
writing books on Buddhism. By the time of his death in 1939, he
had authored and edited nine titles, among them, The Buddhist
Bible, the book credited with influencing the views of Jack
Kerouac, iconic Beat Generation author.
Contents
Preface
I. Introduction
II. Prince Siddhatha Gautama
III. First Stage--Right Ideas
IV. Second Stage--Right Resolution
V. Third Stage--Right Speech
VI. Fourth Stage--Right Behaviour
VII. Fifth Stage--Right Vocation
VIII. Sixth Stage--Right Effort
IX. Seventh Stage--Right Mindfulness
X. Eighth Stage--Right Concentration
XI. Right Idea
XII. Right Resolution
XIII. Right Use of Words
XIV. Right Ideals of Conduct
XV. Right Environment
XVI. Right Mental Ideas
XVII. Right Mindfulness
XVIII. Right Concentration
XIX. Right Intuition
XX. Right Vows
XXI. Right Radiation
XXII. Right Spiritual Behaviour
XXIII. Right Environment
XXIV. Right Spirit
XXV. Right Mindfulness
XXVI. Right Concentration
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