Buddhismus. Stifter, Schulen und Systeme

by Hans Wolfgang Schumann

Güte und Selbstbeherrschung forderte der Buddha von seinen Anhängern und lebte ihnen vor, wie die Erlösung vom Leiden erreicht werden kann. Der renommierte Indologe Hans Wolfgang Schumann schildert die philosophischen Einsichten, die Buddhas Lehre bilden, und zeigt die Entwicklung, die der Buddhismus im Laufe seiner 2500-jährigen Geschichte bis hin zur Weltreligion genommen hat. Ein anschaulicher Führer durch die faszinierende Welt der großen Religion.

Genres: Buddhism, Gnosticism, Religion

238 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

Reviews

[Liz]

I'm a big fan of many modern Buddhist/Buddhist-influenced writers and thinkers like Pema Chodron, Tara Brach, and Robert Thurman, and how deeply I am drawn to their views of the world and the human condition left me wanting to know more about their theological and historical basis. That being said, Schumann's book did a great job of filling in those gaps for me. It follows Buddhism from the life of Gautama through his death and eventual different schools of thought and interpretations of Buddhist texts.
This is a well-researched, scholarly work, not so much as a philosophical treatise, which is what I was looking for, as I have gotten plenty of the latter from the aforementioned authors.

[Erik Steevens]

a very comprehensive oversight of buddhism in a clear and easy to follow way

[Larry Koester]

Rather detailed of the schools of those who follow. The Last chapter is a concise summary.

[Lenny]

Theoretische omschrijving van de verschillende scholen binnen het Boeddhisme. Naar het einde toe steeds beknopter (nav de taal van de geschriften)