- EAN13
- 9781554587421
- Éditeur
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Date de publication
- 2006
- Collection
- SR Supplements
- Langue
- anglais
- Langue d'origine
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Craving and Salvation
A Study in Buddhist Soteriology
Bruce Matthews
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
SR Supplements
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Aide EAN13 : 9781554587421
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Is there any escape form the awareness of pain and the bonds of an unending
cycle of life? Why are human subject to craving" What is the nature human
beings? The Buddhist understanding of salvation is based upon such queries.
A thorough grasp of the function of craving in religious life is strategic to
an understanding of Buddhism, yet its role in the Buddhist plan of salvation
is easy to oversimplify and misinterpret. Matthews examines the concept of
craving in Buddhism from both a phenomenological and religious perspective. He
btings to the task a critical examination of key canonical texts of the Sutta
Pitaka (Nikayas) as well as extensive travel in research of the meaning of
craving for contemporary Buddhists, from learned monks to lay villagers.
Having established the Buddhist perspective on how craving arises, how it
affects the mind, and how it can be redirected, the volume concludes with
spiritual implications of craving: crucial to awareness and
freedom—emancipation—is the engagement and harnessing rather than suppression
of craving.
The volume will be of interest to students of Buddhism, historians of
religion, and persons interested in basic human questions.
cycle of life? Why are human subject to craving" What is the nature human
beings? The Buddhist understanding of salvation is based upon such queries.
A thorough grasp of the function of craving in religious life is strategic to
an understanding of Buddhism, yet its role in the Buddhist plan of salvation
is easy to oversimplify and misinterpret. Matthews examines the concept of
craving in Buddhism from both a phenomenological and religious perspective. He
btings to the task a critical examination of key canonical texts of the Sutta
Pitaka (Nikayas) as well as extensive travel in research of the meaning of
craving for contemporary Buddhists, from learned monks to lay villagers.
Having established the Buddhist perspective on how craving arises, how it
affects the mind, and how it can be redirected, the volume concludes with
spiritual implications of craving: crucial to awareness and
freedom—emancipation—is the engagement and harnessing rather than suppression
of craving.
The volume will be of interest to students of Buddhism, historians of
religion, and persons interested in basic human questions.
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