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Secular Buddhism : imagining the Dharma in an uncertain world /

As the practice of mindfulness permeates mainstream Western culture, more and more people are engaging in a traditional form of Buddhist meditation. However, many of these people have little interest in the religious aspects of Buddhism, and the practice occurs within secular contexts such as hospit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Batchelor, Stephen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction: In search of a voice
  • Looking for Ñāṇavīra. Existence, enlightenment, and suicide ; "A much younger man, but no less charming"
  • Buddhism 2.0: A secular Buddhism
  • Thinking out loud. Rebirth: a case for Buddhist agnosticism ; Creating sangha ; The agnostic Buddhist ; The other enlightenment project ; What's wrong with conversion? ; Limits of agnosticism ; A secular Buddhist ; A mindful nation?
  • Conversations. The eclectic cleric ; Study and practice ; After Buddhism
  • Art and imagination. A convenient fiction ; A democracy of the imagination ; Seeing the light ; A cosmos of found objects ; An aesthetics of emptiness.