Buddhism

Now in Paperback! Explore with the Dalai Lama the common ground underlying the diverse traditions of Buddhism.Buddhism is practiced by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, from Tibetan caves ...

Now in Paperback! Explore with the Dalai Lama the common ground underlying the diverse traditions of Buddhism.Buddhism is practiced by hundreds of millions of people worldwide, from Tibetan caves to Tokyo temples to redwood retreats. To an outside viewer, it might be hard to see what they all have in common. In Buddhism, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and American Buddhist nun Thubten Chodron map out with clarity the convergences and the divergences between the two major strains of Buddhism—the Sanskrit traditions of Tibet and East Asia and the Pali traditions of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Esp