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Understanding Buddhism.

Jacobson presents Buddhism unen­cumbered by Western categories and concepts, free from the cognitive bias, from the concept-oriented, definition-minded preoccupations inherited from the ancient Greeks. It is an interpreta­tion of the central ideas that have charac­terized all forms of Buddhism...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Southern Illinois University Press 2010.
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  • Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Prologue: An American Philosopher on the Influence of the Buddha; 1. Introduction: New Personal Encounters; 2. New Grounds for Understanding Buddhism; 3. The Reality of Experience; 4. The Interrelatedness of Existence; 5. The Great Stumbling Block; 6. Creativity and Sunyata; 7. The First Western Access Road Into Buddhism; 8. Japan Through the Buddhist Looking Glass; 9. The Confluence of Buddhist and American Thought; 10. Buddhist Meditation; Appendix: Buddhism in the Development of Western Philosophy; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names.
  • Index of SubjectsAuthor Bio; Back Cover.