BUDDHA - THE INTELLIGENT HEART (ART AND IMAGINATION)

Over 2500 years ago there lived a man who did not to be specially gifted, divinely inspired or chosen yet whose teaching now attracts an ever-increasing number or followers from all walks of life. Serious, but never solemn, the Buddha's way seeks a realization of how the mind limits and isolates itself. Through study, discipline and meditation, such understanding can transcend the suffering, ego-bound self and foster wisdow and compassion, positivity and unfettered joy. Buddhist culture has spread, diversified and developed, from ancient India to modern America. This volume displays the global array of art and architecture, ritual and symbol, festival and people that reflects a religion of great beauty and profound practical insight. Alistair Shearer explains how the timeless wisdom of the Buddha offers the West a means by wich it can rediscover its own sense of spirituality.