Buddhism and the Coronavirus : The Buddha's Teaching on Suffering.

In the fifth century BCE, Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, put forward Four Noble Truths for the benefit of humankind. His teaching, the Dhamma, has remained central to so much Buddhist practice, and is unique among religions in that it speaks primarily to the presence and nature of suffering in the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fowler, Jeaneane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Portland : Sussex Academic Press, 2021.
Colección:Sussex Library of Religous Beliefs and P Ser.
Temas:
Suffering > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
COVID-19 (Disease) > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Souffrance > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • The Sussex Library of Religious Beliefs & Practices
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Buddha
  • Life and death of the Buddha
  • The Buddha's Dhamma
  • 2. Viruses Friends and Enemies
  • The virosphere
  • The origins of viruses
  • Bacteria
  • Characteristics of viruses
  • Symbiosis of virus and host
  • Viral enemies and their causes
  • Coronaviruses
  • SARS
  • MERS
  • Covid-19: A new virus
  • Characteristics of Covid
  • The source and causes of Covid-19
  • The immune system
  • Measures for protection and prevention
  • The new normal
  • 3. The Noble Truth of Suffering
  • The Four Noble Truths
  • Desire and aversion
  • Mind and body
  • The Five Aggregates
  • Change and transience
  • 4. The Second Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering
  • Craving, tanha
  • Impermanence, anicca
  • The three evils/poisons
  • Greed
  • Hatred
  • Delusion/stupidity
  • No-self, anatta
  • 5. The Third Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering
  • Nibbana
  • Dependent Origination
  • Kamma
  • Death
  • Rebirth
  • 6. The Fourth Noble Truth The Noble Eightfold Path
  • The Noble Eightfold Path
  • Right view/understanding
  • Right thought/intention
  • Moral and ethical conduct
  • Right speech
  • Right action
  • Right livelihood
  • Right effort
  • 7. The Noble Eightfold Path Mindfulness and Concentration
  • Mind and body
  • Meditation/mindfulness
  • The calm mind
  • Concentration, samadhi
  • Meditation: The medical evidence
  • Insight meditation, vipassana
  • 8. The Brahma-vihara Love, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, Equanimity
  • Metta: Love, loving-kindness
  • Karuna: Compassion
  • Mudita: Sympathetic joy
  • Upekkha: Equanimity
  • Human folly
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Further Reading
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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