-- card: 19691 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 4284 -- name: -- part contents for background part 5 ----- text ----- 1 of 4 -- part contents for background part 4 ----- text ----- BOOKS ON BUDDHISM INTRODUCTION -- part contents for background part 3 ----- text ----- Menu -- part contents for background part 2 ----- text ----- LEARNING -- part contents for background part 6 ----- text ----- Review -- part contents for background part 1 ----- text ----- Buddhism is a nontheistic world view and meditative endeavor which has helped millions of individuals and dozens of societies live in clarity and peacefulness. According to Nancy Wilson Ross, nearly one-fourth of the people on earth are followers of this way of life and thought. The main teachings of Buddhism are interdependence, that nothing exists separate of everything else; nonduality, that correct perception requires becoming one with the object; nonviolence, which springs from this empathetic understanding; and joy, which arises from maintaining awareness of what is actually happening, even as it changes. The root “buddh” means to be awake, or aware, and the most important practice in Buddhism is awareness of -- part contents for background part 23 ----- text ----- • WHOLE EARTH • LEARNING • SPIRITUAL PATHS • Buddhism -- part contents for background part 24 ----- text ----- 06052217 -- part contents for background part 31 ----- text ----- card id 94456 -- part contents for background part 32 ----- text ----- card id 22774 -- part contents for background part 33 ----- text ----- stack "WHOLE EARTH" stack "LEARNING" card id 46152 card id 50825 -- part contents for background part 28 ----- text ----- card id 50825 -- part contents for background part 29 ----- text ----- card id 69748 -- part contents for background part 30 ----- text ----- card id 33261