Buddhism Knowledge And Liberation

Author : David Burton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351954341

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Buddhism is essentially a teaching about liberation - from suffering, ignorance, selfishness and continued rebirth. Knowledge of 'the way things really are' is thought by many Buddhists to be vital in bringing about this emancipation. This book is a philosophical study of the notion of liberating knowledge as it occurs in a range of Buddhist sources. Buddhism, Knowledge and Liberation assesses the common Buddhist idea that knowledge of the three characteristics of existence (impermanence, not-self and suffering) is the key to liberation. It argues that this claim must be seen in the context of the Buddhist path and training as a whole. Detailed attention is also given to anti-realist, sceptical and mystical strands within the Buddhist tradition, all of which make distinctive claims about liberating knowledge and the nature of reality. David Burton seeks to uncover various problematic assumptions which underpin the Buddhist worldview. Sensitive to the wide diversity of philosophical perspectives and interpretations that Buddhism has engendered, this book makes a serious contribution to critical and philosophically aware engagement with Buddhist thought. Written in an accessible style, it will be of value to those interested in Buddhist Studies and broader issues in comparative philosophy and religion.

Author : Anne Carolyn Klein
Publisher : Shambhala
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781559397643

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Buddhist philosophy is concerned with defining and overcoming the limitations and errors of perception. To do this is essential to Buddhism's purpose of establishing a method for attaining liberation. Conceptual thought in this view can lead to a liberating understanding, a transformative religious experience. The author discusses the workings of both direct and conceptual cognition, drawing on a variety of Tibetan and Indian texts. The Gelukba interpretation of Dignaga and Dharmakirti is greatly at variance with virtually all other scholarship concerning these seminal Buddhist logicians.

Author : Anne Carolyn Klein
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781559391146

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Knowledge and Liberation by Anne Carolyn Klein Pdf

Buddhist philosophy is concerned with defining and overcoming the limitations and errors of perception. To do this is essential to Buddhism's purpose of establishing a method for attaining liberation. Conceptual thought in this view can lead to a liberating understanding, a transformative religious experience. The author discusses the workings of both direct and conceptual cognition, drawing on a variety of Tibetan and Indian texts. The Gelukba interpretation of Dignaga and Dharmakirti is greatly at variance with virtually all other scholarship concerning these seminal Buddhist logicians.

Author : Kathryn R. Blackstone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136805769

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Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha by Kathryn R. Blackstone Pdf

A detailed exploration of the quest for liberation on the part of the early bhikkunis. Only text in the Buddhist tradition of known female authorship. Important to anyone investigating women's own perspective on their religion. Also provides a clear statement about how renunciants understand nibbana.

Author : Robert E. Buswell,Robert M. Gimello
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Apocryphal books (Tripi#Htaka)
ISBN : UCSC:32106011456909

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Paths to Liberation by Robert E. Buswell,Robert M. Gimello Pdf

Author : Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195133158

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The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, Or, The Method of Realizing Nirvāṇa Through Knowing the Mind by Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz Pdf

To introduce this great published work on the Eastern, yoga-inspired method of attaining enlightenment, Evans-Wentz presents 100 pages of explanatory notes. Psychoanalyst C.G. Jung offers commentary on the differences between Eastern and Western thought, and Donald S. Lopez, Jr., writes the Foreword. 9 halftones.

Author : Roger Reid Jackson
Publisher : Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015029950782

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Is Enlightenment Possible? by Roger Reid Jackson Pdf

The arguments are very elegant and tightly formulated. The commentary and annotations are on par with the best Buddhological work now being done.--The Reader's Review

Author : Jianxun Shi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789811611520

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Mapping the Buddhist Path to Liberation by Jianxun Shi Pdf

Due to the diversity in Buddhism, its essence remains a puzzle. This book investigates the Buddhist path to liberation from a practical and critical perspective by searching for patterns found in the Pāli Nikāyas and the Chinese Āgamas. The early discourses depict the Buddhist path as a network of routes leading to the same goal: liberation from suffering. This book summarizes various teachings in three aspects, provides a template theory for systematically presenting the formulas of the sequential training of the path, and analyses the differences and similarities among diverse descriptions of the path in the early Buddhist texts. By offering a comprehensive map of the Buddhist path, this book will appeal to scholars and students of Buddhist studies as well as those practitioners with a serious interest in the Buddhist path.

Author : Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : UOM:49015000975541

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The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation by Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz Pdf

Author : Lama Yeshe,Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Publisher : Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781891868221

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Freedom Through Understanding by Lama Yeshe,Lama Zopa Rinpoche Pdf

An eBook version of this title can be found on Google Play. In Lama Yeshe’s and Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s first trip to Europe in 1975 they offered a weekend seminar based on their famous month-long Kopan meditation courses. Preceded by Lama Yeshe’s lecture on meditation at Kensington Town Hall, these teachings at Royal Holloway College, Surrey, encompass the entire Buddhist path to enlightenment. This short course was also videotaped and is available on a historic DVD also entitled Freedom Through Understanding. This book is made possible by kind supporters of the Archive who, like you, appreciate how we make these teachings freely available in so many ways, including in our website for instant reading, listening or downloading, and as printed and electronic books. Our website offers immediate access to thousands of pages of teachings and hundreds of audio recordings by some of the greatest lamas of our time. Our photo gallery and our ever-popular books are also freely accessible there. Please help us increase our efforts to spread the Dharma for the happiness and benefit of all beings. You can find out more about becoming a supporter of the Archive and see all we have to offer by visiting our website. Thank you so much, and please enjoy this book.

Author : James William Coleman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614293583

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The Buddha's Dream of Liberation by James William Coleman Pdf

In clear language, James William Coleman, professor of sociology at the California Polytechnic State University, guides us through the ancient sutras that preserve the Buddha’s message, illuminating their meaning for today’s world and tying the Buddha’s wisdom together for us. The book concludes with chapters from two great teachers, Reb Anderson from the Zen tradition and Lama Palden from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, on how to use meditation to bring the Buddha’s wisdom into our daily lives.

Author : Christopher S. Queen,Sallie B. King
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791428435

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Engaged Buddhism by Christopher S. Queen,Sallie B. King Pdf

This is the first comprehensive coverage of socially and politically engaged Buddhism in Asia, presenting the historical development and institutional forms of engaged Buddhism in the light of traditional Buddhist conceptions of morality, interdependence, and liberation.

Author : J. Abraham Vélez de Cea
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415639729

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The Buddha and Religious Diversity by J. Abraham Vélez de Cea Pdf

Providing a rigorous analysis of Buddhist ways of understanding religious diversity, this book develops a new foundation for cross-cultural understanding of religious diversity in our time. Examining the complexity and uniqueness of Buddha’s approach to religious pluralism using four main categories – namely exclusivism, inclusivism, pluralistic-inclusivism and pluralism – the book proposes a cross-cultural and interreligious interpretation of each category, thus avoiding the accusation of intellectual colonialism. The key argument is that, unlike the Buddha, most Buddhist traditions today, including Theravda Buddhism and even the Dalai Lama, consider liberation and the highest stages of spiritual development exclusive to Buddhism. The book suggests that the Buddha rejects many doctrines and practices found in other traditions, and that, for him, there are nonnegotiable ethical and doctrinal standards that correspond to the Dharma. This argument is controversial and likely to ignite a debate among Buddhists from different traditions, especially between conservative and progressive Buddhists. The book fruitfully contributes to the literature on inter-religious dialogue, and is of use to students and scholars of Asian Studies, World Religion and Eastern Philosophy.

Author : Mostafa Vaziri
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781622737345

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Liberation Philosophy: From the Buddha to Omar Khayyam by Mostafa Vaziri Pdf

The critical narrative of this interdisciplinary book offers a first-time look at the interrelationship between biology, mythology and philosophy in human development. Its daring premise follows the trajectory of human thought, starting with the biological roots of fear and the original need for religion, truth-seeking, and myth-making. The narrative then innovatively links a number of maverick philosophical teachings over the centuries, from pre-Buddhist times to the Buddha, from Epicurus and Pyrrho to Lucretius, and eventually to the seminal poetry of Omar Khayyam. These emergent philosophies exemplified liberation from the grasp of mythical and religious thinking and instead espoused an empirical and joyful mind. The narrative concludes with a look at the emancipating philosophical movement that resulted in the European Enlightenment, and it suggests that the philosophical teachings explored in the book may offer the potential for a second, broader Enlightenment.

Author : Nalin Swaris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Enlightenment (Buddhism)
ISBN : UVA:X004568794

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The Buddha's Way to Human Liberation by Nalin Swaris Pdf

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