{"product_id":"1683","title":"Gods \u0026 The Universe","description":"\u003cp\u003eWheel 180\/181 Essays on Buddhist Cosmology and Related Subjects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays deals with a universe consisting of the thiry-one planes of existence and the various beings that inhabit them. The author treats the topic from the traditional Buddhist perspective as well as from a scientific point of view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; \"\u003eContents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I. Gods and their place in Buddhism\u003cbr\u003e II. Cosmologoical Thought in Buddhism and Modern Science\u003cbr\u003eIII. Expanding Universe and Steady-state Universe\u003cbr\u003e IV. The Magic Mountain\u003cbr\u003e V. Is There a Beginning?\u003cbr\u003e VI. Buddhism and the Origns of Life \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1958 and 2002, a total of 334 individual physical Wheel Publication booklets were published by the Buddhist Publication Society (BPS). Those 334 booklets included 468 essays, tracts, and monographs; many were published as double or triple volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThese classic Wheel booklets are not being reprinted; many are no longer available as single issues. We have the last print run in stock—the last existing physical booklets! If this specific Wheel No. is out of stock, please note that it won’t be restocked.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSee also: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/collected-wheels\"\u003eCollected Wheel Publications series (BPE)—Pariyatti Edition\u003c\/a\u003e (Free PDF available per volume)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFree PDF copies of individual booklets are available from the BPS website; some are \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bps.lk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003elisted\u003c\/a\u003e, while others can be found via the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bps.lk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGoogle search feature\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Story, Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101517418590,"sku":"BPS:403180","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/403180.jpg?v=1760547786","url":"https:\/\/pariyatti.org\/products\/1683","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}