Buddhism

Buddha statue in the Seokguram grotto

Buddhism is a religious doctrine and a path of spiritual training based based on the teachings of the historical Buddha Siddhattha Gotama. After Christianity, Islam and Hinduism, it forms the fourth largest religious community on Earth, but unlike the former, it is not a theistic religion, centred on the revelation and worship of one or more deities. The Buddha's teachings aim at the enlightenment (Bodhi) of man, through which he is to recognise the nothingness of existence and the illusory character of the I - or rather of the ego - and free himself forever from the sorrowful cycle of rebirths in order to finally expire in Nirvana.

Literature

• Hermann Beckh: Buddha und seine Lehre, Urachhaus Vlg., Stuttgart 1998
• Maurice Percheron: Buddha, rororo-Monographie, Reinbek b. Hamburg 1979
• Zoran Perowanowitsch: Mit einem erweiterten Christusverständnis ins 21. Jahrhundert. Eine Synthese von Christentum und Buddhismus, Kitesh Verlag, Sölden 1998 ISBN 978-3980589406
• Andreas Neider: Meditation in Ost und West - Buddhismus und Anthroposophie im Gespräch. In: Anthroposophie weltweit Nr. 1/15, S. 16
• Rudolf Steiner: Antworten der Geisteswissenschaft auf die großen Fragen des Daseins, GA 60 (1983), ISBN 3-7274-0600-3 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Menschengeschichte im Lichte der Geistesforschung, GA 61 (1983), ISBN 3-7274-0610-0 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Grundelemente der Esoterik, GA 93a (1987), ISBN 3-7274-0935-5 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Exkurse in das Gebiet des Markus-Evangeliums, GA 124 (1995), ISBN 3-7274-1240-2 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Aus der Akasha-Forschung. Das Fünfte Evangelium, GA 148 (1992), ISBN 3-7274-1480-4 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Von Jesus zu Christus, GA 131 (1988), ISBN 3-7274-1310-7 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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