Practice Makes Perfect: Buddhism's Four Noble Truths
Carol Anderson
Monday, 04 Mar 2002 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Carol Anderson is associate professor of Religious Studies at Kalamazoo College and author of Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in Theravada Buddhism. Theravada Buddhism is the form of Buddhism practiced by the majority of Buddhists living in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. It is a form not frequently encountered in American popular culture.
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