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General involvement in Buddhism hasn't been higher. The storyplot and teachings of a man who resided 2,500 years ago have a particular resonance for us today, perhaps because he trained a way of life that had not been based on idea in a creator god but instead on personal experience. "Test my words for your self," he said. But what is situated behind those distinctive images of the Buddha, seated with unshakeable poise, with eyes half-closed and hook smile? How performed Buddhism develop, from the austere style which governed the life span of the yellow-robed monks in historic India to the more colorful, even enchanting appearance of Tibet? And where does Zen fit in? Jinananda, a Western-born Buddhist, divides the topic into the Three Jewels: The Buddha (a life of the historical body), the Dharma (a merchant account of the fundamental teachings), and the Sangha (the disciples, both lay and monastic, throughout the world). With extracts from a few of the primary sutras, Jinananda clarifies the key ideas that rest behind a system of thought and action that, like the world itself, is consistently expanding.
