Not any missionary material but their source text similar to how Christianity has the Bible.
2007-10-08 13:57:13 · 5 answers · asked by funkymonkey 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/bb/index.htm
You can read it on line if you like. There are actually many schools of Buddhism as well as many religious texts that deal with Nirvana.
I hope I have given you what you were searching for.
If by missionary material, you mean material that pushes Buddhism above other religions you will not find any.
"Buddhist missionaries do not compete with other religionists in converting people in the market place. No Buddhist missionary or monk would ever think of preaching ill-will against the so-called 'unbelievers'. Religious, cultural and national intolerance are unbuddhistic in attitude, to people who are imbued with the real Buddhist spirit. Aggression never finds approval in the teachings of the Buddha. The world has bled and suffered enough from the disease of dogmatism, religious fanaticism and intolerance."
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/dhammananda/281.htm
2007-10-08 14:05:03 · answer #1 · answered by Pangloss (Ancora Imparo) AFA 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nirvana is the Buddhist equivalent of the Christian/Jewish/Islamic "Heaven".
Depending on which sect of Buddhism, there is one Nirvana or several levels of Nirvana.
2007-10-08 21:07:47 · answer #2 · answered by Walter B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No single source, but you might start with the Flower Sermon.
2007-10-08 21:05:10 · answer #3 · answered by neil s 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Try something much simpler: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind.
2007-10-08 21:06:48 · answer #4 · answered by J. 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That might be a little complicated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pali_Canon
There is no one "source text" but a set of sutras and scriptures that form the heart of Buddhism. (And only one branch of it i might add) I wish you the best of luck.
2007-10-08 21:07:40 · answer #5 · answered by D.Chen 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋