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Libri antichi e moderni

Paul Carus

The Gospel of Buddha

Gyan Publishing House, 2019

43.36 €

Gyan Books Pvt Ltd

(Delhi, India)

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Dettagli

Year of publication
2019
ISBN
1111005557110
Author
Paul Carus
Pages
290
Publishers
Gyan Publishing House
Keyword
Religion
Binding description
Paperback
Languages
English
Binding
Softcover
Print on demand

Descrizione

The Gospel of Buddha was an 1894 book by Paul Carus. It was modeled on the New Testament and told the story of Buddha through parables. It was an important tool in introducing Buddhism to the West and is used as a teaching tool by some Asian sects. Carus believed that the modern world required a new Religion of Science. By the 1890s, inspired by the meetings and conversations at the Parliament of the World's Religions in 1893, he had decided that Buddhism was the closest faith to his ideal and created The Gospel of Buddha to popularize the religion in the West. The work was assembled from existing English translations of Buddhists texts, with significant amendments and reworkings. His selection of texts favored Buddhism as a philosophy without any supernatural elements. This interpretation proved popular in the West, with a number of reprintings. It also influenced the development of Buddhist modernism in East Asia.
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