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A leading textbook for world religion, this new edition is designed to help students in their study and research of the world’s religious traditions. Known and valued for its balanced approach and its respected board of consulting editors, this text addresses ways to study religion, provides broad coverage of diverse religions, and offers an arresting layout with rich illustrations. The second...

• right resolve • right speech • right action • right livelihood • right effort • right mindfulness • right concentration or meditation This is often reduced to just three categories: morality (Pali/Sanskrit, sila); concentration or meditation (Pali/Sanskrit, samadhi); and wisdom (Pali, panna; Sanskrit, prajna). Sometimes the following verse from the Dhammapada, a text known and loved throughout the Buddhist world, is quoted: The avoidance of evil, the undertaking of good, the cleansing of one’s
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