For my first book for my research paper I read The Buddha and Buddhism by Kerena Marchant. It is a book that covers pretty much everything you could ever want to know about Buddhists and the daily life of Buddhism. I have learned a lot about Buddhism as a broad topic, but also the minor details that are so important in the religion. The book went into great depth about rituals and festivals, sacred places and texts, and also the comparison of Buddhism today and Buddhism back when it first started being practiced as a religion.
The information I got from this book will help me out a lot with my research paper. It has helped me narrow down my subject and decide which parts of Buddhism I specifically would like to focus in on. The religion is truly so fascinating to me. I am glad I chose this as my topic and I am glad that I found this book to use for the paper. It is a short book but full of information and very interesting pictures that give a better understanding of what the text is saying. The book has made me feel much less stressed about the actual writing of the research paper!
It's great that you like your topic so much! What parts have you decided to focus on? As someone else has also chosen Buddhism as a topic, I'm curious about what specific facets you have decided to write about. What new facts did you find most interesting about your chosen topic? I'd like to know more.
ReplyDeleteIt's great that the book has made you less stressed about writing the paper. Buddhism is an incredibly unique, and odd religion. There are so many interesting aspects to it, like eight fold path, karma/dharma and all that stuff we learned in WP; but I'm sure what you're learning in the book is a lot more informative and somewhat relevant. You talk about the "minor details" that are important and I'm curious as to what the specifics of those details are. And another interesting aspect of the religion would be to study how it was practiced when it was first created.
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