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by Paul Hattaway

ISBN: 1903689422
ISBN13: 978-1903689424
Language: English
Publisher: Piquant Editions (September 1, 2006)
Category: Ministry and Evangelism
Subategory: Christian Books

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In the past 20 years, Christians around the world have launched initiatives to reach Muslims, Communists. Paul Hattaway is the director of Asia Harvest, an interdenominational ministry committed to serving the church throughout Asia

Shelves: christian-books, history. Great overview of the Buddhist tribes and peoples around the world, especially for those of us living and working in Asia. Gives insightful articles about different types of Buddhism and testimonies of Buddhists coming to know Jesus. There's some really amazing stories tucked in this book.

In the past 20 years, Christians around the world have launched initiatives to reach Muslims, Communists, Hindus and other major unreached people groups but the Buddhist world has largely been. The E-mail Address(es) field is required. Please enter recipient e-mail address(es). The E-mail Address(es) you entered is(are) not in a valid format. Please re-enter recipient e-mail address(es). You may send this item to up to five recipients.

Prayer lies at the heart of the Christian faith: if we stop praying, it's as if our spirits shrivel up and die. Yet so many of us struggle with prayer - not only with setting aside time for it but often simply knowing how to pray and what to pray about.

In this volume Paul Hattaway has collected together a wealth of information on the major Buddhist peoples in the world. The book contains one-page profiles of 238 societies from the Aiton of north-east India to the Zhaba of western China. Alongside a map for each group there is a statistics box giving information about the population and state of evangelism. The book is well illustrated by coloured pictures and provides an invaluable reference source for Christians to pray for the peoples for the Buddhist world

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April 27, 2011 History. A Christian Prayer Guide. Published December 2004 by Authentic Media. Peoples of the Buddhist World. 1 2 3 4 5. Want to Read. Are you sure you want to remove Peoples of the Buddhist World from your list? Peoples of the Buddhist World.

Hundreds of millions of Buddhists continue to live and die without any exposure to the Gospel. In addition, experts have contributed articles on various aspects of Buddhism, helping the reader to learn, pray and work until that day when "the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ and he will reign for ever and ever" (Rev. 11:15)

In the past 20 years, Christians around the world have launched initiatives to reach Muslims, Communists, Hindus and other major unreached people groups but the Buddhist world has largely been overlooked. Hundreds of millions of Buddhists continue to live and die without any exposure to the Gospel. In Peoples of the Buddhist World, researcher and author Paul Hattaway graphically presents prayer profiles of more than 200 Buddhist people groups around the world, beautifully illustrated with color pictures throughout. In addition, experts have contributed articles on various aspects of Buddhism, helping the reader to learn, pray and work until that day when "the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ and he will reign for ever and ever" (Rev. 11:15).

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Whitescar

Very useful as a prayer resource and a guide to pray not only for our brothers and sisters in Buddhists countries, but also for the unsaved - many of which are persecuted by Muslims and Communists. I have developed a deep love and appreciation for these precious people by praying for a different people group every day. Only complaint is that, unlike the accompanying book on China, there is no pronunciation guide for the name of the people groups.

Xaluenk

I have read and prayed from cover to cover more than once over the last eight years. For all those who look for the day when our Lord will return as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and all who want the Buddhist peoples to know their creator, this book is a tremendous asset.

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Galanjov

Way better than I could imagine for the price. Very interesting. Hard to put down! Very colorful with many photos.

Jia

This book is an awesome resource for Christians working in a Buddhist world. Each people group is clearly identified and defined in such a way that the reader can easily understand what the spiritual condition is of that group. But, in addition to that, there are many excellent articles that are strategically placed throughout the book. If you are a missionary, minister, lay person, or simply have a heart for seeing the Buddhist people reached with the gospel and want to know how to pray for this unreached group, this book can be valuable tool to helping you succeed in your task.

Dusho

If you have nothing else absolutely left to do, do read it. Taking a nap will still be a better option.

Moogura

This book was written for christian missionaries...however I certainly have certain points to make to correct authors view of looking at other religions...Especially when we talk about buddhism, it already offers immense love, compassion, kindness and ways to develop one's heart fully. Look at H. H. Dalai Lama, he is immensely compassionate towards the people who have destroyed his motherland. And this is all without any kind of fear in life, especially from christian point of view - without fear of god. Buddhism hasn't become on of the largely followed religion by damaging other religions ever. Buddha's teaching state clearly, one must not be blind in following buddhism; have questions, ask questions. Rather if you are progressing in your buddhist path without questions, there mostly something wrong in your way. An open mindedness is the key. Must not be fearful in your life. If we analyze christianity, although people follow ten commandments (some of which are clearly copied from buddhism), they do so out of pure fear of god, and not a compassionate heart. Do we really want world to be fearful? No. They have to follow bible word to word, meaning even though evolution is widely accepted over the world, they still can't accept it as a fact. They cannot accept that earth can be more than couple of thousand years old. i.e. it does not have an open mind. If a text (bible) has so many flaws from the beginning, how can one trust other facts? In a buddhist country, meat is not the main source of food. Buddhists around the world certainly understand the value of life, let it be either human life or an animal life. Western christian countries live on meat, killing millions of animals daily. For what reason? Because of the false belief that all these animals have been made for humans to eat. Where is the compassion and love? Good things, if any, are done only because of fear and not a pure heart.
Does one really want to propagate such religions based on fear to replace buddhism which is based on a pure heart?
We are the human species, supposedly one with a developed brains, lets put it to some good use. Lets not be selfish in our goals. Lets be very analytical, critical. Lets concentrate on developing our heart for the earth, and all the living beings. Let us all keep an open heart and truly be a superior species. As buddha says -
Manopubbangama dhamma manosettha manomaya manasa ce paduttena bhasati va karoti va tato nam dukkhamanveti cakkanca vahato padan
(All mental phenomena have mind as their forerunner; they have mind as their chief; they are mind-made. If one speaks or acts with an evil mind, 'dukkha' (suffering) follows him just as the wheel follows the foot print of the ox that draws the cart).
And
Manopubbangama dhamma manosettha manomaya manasa ce pasannena bhasati va karoti va tato nam sukhamanveti chayava anapayini.
(All mental phenomena have mind as their forerunner; they have mind as their chief; they are mind-made. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness (sukha) follows him like a shadow that never leaves him).

'Peoples of the Buddhist World' is a magnificent book, similar in style to Hattaway's previous 'Operation China.' Apart from the excellent information, the most striking thing to me are the hundreds of superb color pictures of Buddhist people and situations that are found on every page of the book. Tibetans, Burmese, Thais, Koreans.... each are presented with excellence. Approx. 250 Buddhist ethnic groups and tribes are profiled, in alphabetical order, from large groups tens of millions strong, down to tiny Himalayan tribes of a few hundred.

I have no idea how the publishers are able to put out an approx. 500 page large book, all in colour from front to back, for such a cheap price. Other similar books sell for anywhere from $60 to $100. I strongly recommend it if you have any interest in Buddhism, Buddhists, or Asia in general.