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Today more than ever before we stand in need of the great truth of religion, yet we find increasingly difficult to accept them as they have been traditionally presented. Here Marco Pallis, who was a practicing Buddhist for almost half a century, tries to present the Buddha's teachings in a manner that would help us to make them our own. This is not just another consecutive treatise on Buddhism, but rather an attempt to deal with a number of Buddhist themes of prime importance in such a fashion as to make them a whole. Between them, these themes add up to a coherent view of the world and of human destiny as seen through Buddhist eyes. Each color of the spectrum is distinct and brilliant, yet they all tail into one another imperceptibly; in the language of Pure Land Buddhism, all these colors come together to form the halo of Amitabha Buddha whose name means 'infinite light'. Light, itself uncoloured, but including all possible colours, is the most characteristic symbol we can find for Buddhahood. Here, then, is a series of separate but inter-related studies grouped around a common idea in forming - a spectrum of Buddhism.
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| Author | Pallis, Marco |
|---|---|
| Full Title | A Buddhist Spectrum |
| Binding | Hardback |
| Publisher | George, Allen & Unwin in association with the Sri Lanka Institute of Traditional Studies (1980) |
| Pages | 163 |
| ISBN | 0042941164 |
| Language | English |
| Short Description | In this small masterpiece, Marco Pallis summarises the doctrines of Buddhism so as to provide a concise introduction to its varied practices and doctrines for the reader in search of a traditional approach. |
| Table of Contents | Forward |
| About the Author | Marco Pallis (1895-1989) was the son of Greek parents but lived his entire life as a British citizen. He served in the British Army in various capacities during the First World War, but was honourably discharged after receiving a serious injury. After the war, Pallis became a mountain climber, which led him to the land that became his greatest love: Tibet. Pallis became fascinated by Tibetan Buddhism and began to practice it in his own life, visiting several times before the Chinese invasion made this impossible. Pallis had already been initiated by this time, however, and continued to practice Buddhism until his death. |
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