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1 online resource (xviii, 206 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Shulman traces the development of the four noble truths, which in fact originated as observations to be cultivated during meditation. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. The structural relationship between philosophy and meditation. 1.1. The standard description of liberation ; 1.2. "Cessation of perception and feeling" ; 1.3. Broader theoretical perspectives ; 1.3.1. Buddhist pessimism ; 1.3.2. Experience and meditative experience ; 1.4. Methodological considerations: which texts will be relied on and why? -- Chapter 2. A philosophy of being human. 2.1. Did the Buddha eschew metaphysics? ; 2.2. Selflessness ; 2.3. Dependent-origination (Paiccasamuppada) ; 2.3.1. The twelve links and beyond ; 2.2.2. The middle ; 2.4. Summary -- Chapter 3. Mindfulness, or how philosophy becomes perception. 3.1. The Satipahana-sutta's presentation of mindfulness ; 3.2. On the relationship between the practice of mindfulness and jhana-meditation ; 3.3. Summary -- Chapter 4. The Four Noble Truths as meditative perception. 4.1. This ; 4.2. The four truths and dependent-origination ; 4.3. The four truths and selflessness ; 4.4. The fourth truth of the path ; 4.5. The four observations and liberation ; 4.6. The first sermon reconsidered ; 4.7. Summary -- Chapter 5. Conclusion -- References -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Meditation -- Buddhism.
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Meditation -- Buddhism. |
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Buddhist philosophy.
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Buddhist philosophy. |
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Buddhism -- Doctrines.
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Buddhism -- Doctrines. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shulman, Eviatar. Rethinking the Buddha 9781107062399 (DLC) 2013045300 (OCoLC)865711448 |
| ISBN |
9781107477100 (electronic book) |
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1107477107 (electronic book) |
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9781139923095 (electronic book) |
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1139923099 (electronic book) |
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9781139911351 |
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113991135X |
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9781139907507 (e-book) |
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1139907506 (e-book) |
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9781107062399 |
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110706239X |
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9781107695382 |
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1107695384 |
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