Buddhist Cosmology: Philosophy and Origins
by Akira Sadakata

5.0 out of 5 stars A unique and detailed handbook with a ton of info!, August 28, 2008

Anyone interested in an reference book that provides an extensive overview of Buddhist Cosmology need look no further!

Beginning with an overview of the pre-Buddhist landscape of India, this book explores, and details how the “universe” of Buddhism arose, and developed throughout the history of Buddhism. With a plethora of illustrations, diagrams and photos, the whole variety of Buddhist Cosmology is offered at the turn of a page.

This book, presents, defines, and explains the development of a wide variety of Buddhist universal elements including heavens and hells, Bodhisattvas, Buddhas, Devas. The various “worlds” and “realms” of Buddhism, along with its beings–sentient and insentient–are described and explained in one coherent and accssible volume.

Great Job!

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