| 摘要 | Chapters: Thai Forest Tradition, Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, Iconography of Gautama Buddha in Laos and Thailand, Dhammakaya Movement, Mae Ji, Sangharaja, Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, Buddha Images in Thailand, Dhammayuttika Nikaya, the Life of Buddha, Sanam Luang Dhamma Studies, Santi Asoke, Ayya, Sat Thai, Ajahn Khemadhammo, Karuna Meditation Center, Phutthamonthon, Khatha, Maha Nikaya, Temple Boy, Ariyavangsagatayana, 16th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, Ariyavangsagatayana, 17th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 120. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Theravda Buddhism in Thailand is largely of the Theravada school. Nearly 95% of Thailand's population is Buddhist of the Theravada school, though Buddhism in this country has become integrated with folk beliefs as well as Chinese religions from the large Thai-Chinese population. Buddhist temples in Thailand are characterized by tall golden stupas, and the Buddhist architecture of Thailand is similar to that in other Southeast Asian countries, particularly Cambodia and Laos, with which Thailand shares cultural and historical heritage. Thai Buddhism was based on the religious movement founded in the sixth century B.C. by Siddhartha, later known as the Buddha, who urged the world to relinquish the extremes of sensuality and self-mortification and follow the enlightened Middle Way. The focus of this religion is on man, not gods; the assumption is that life is pain or suffering, which is a consequence of craving, and that suffering can end only if desire ceases. The end of suffering is the achievement of nirvana (in Theravada Buddhist scriptures, nibbana), often defined as the absence of craving and therefore of suffering, sometimes as enlightenment or bliss. By the third century B.C., Buddhism had spread widely...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2291915 |
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