Tracy M. (tracymar) reviewed The Buddha Book: Buddhas, Blessings, Prayers, and Rituals to Grant You Love, Wisdom, and Healing on + 409 more book reviews
This oversize 270 pp. book printed on glossy quality paper is an incredibly beautiful, superbly designed with many full size color photographs of Buddhas and Buddhist practice.
Most of the entries are 1-2 pages and are very readable introductions to the subject - poems, prayers, quotes, explanations, visualizations, exercises, mantras. Sample topics: The Buddha's Twelve Deeds, Purifying the Mind, Shakyamuni's Teaching, Request to the Medicine Buddha, The Five Dhyani Buddhas, Visualization and the Recitation of a Mantra, Six Ways to Purify Negative Karma, The Thirty-Five Confession Buddha's Visualization, Water Offering to the White Jambhala, The Seven-Limbed Prayer, The Benefits of Tara Practice. A great introduction to practices of Buddhism, although not in-depth.
Most of the entries are 1-2 pages and are very readable introductions to the subject - poems, prayers, quotes, explanations, visualizations, exercises, mantras. Sample topics: The Buddha's Twelve Deeds, Purifying the Mind, Shakyamuni's Teaching, Request to the Medicine Buddha, The Five Dhyani Buddhas, Visualization and the Recitation of a Mantra, Six Ways to Purify Negative Karma, The Thirty-Five Confession Buddha's Visualization, Water Offering to the White Jambhala, The Seven-Limbed Prayer, The Benefits of Tara Practice. A great introduction to practices of Buddhism, although not in-depth.
