A critique of Western Buddhism ruins of the Buddhist real

"What are we to make of Western Buddhism? Glenn Wallis argues that in aligning their tradition with the contemporary self-help industry, Western Buddhists evade the consequences of Buddhist thought. This book shows that with concepts such as vanishing, nihility, extinction, contingency, and no-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wallis, Glenn, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Academic 2018.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009701615106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part One. Introduction: Raise the Curtain on the Theater of Western Buddhism! ; 1. The Snares of Wisdom ; 2. Specters of the Real ; 3. First Names of the Buddhist Real
  • Part Two 4. Non-Buddhism ; 5. Immanent Practice
  • Part Three 6. Buddhofiction ; 7. Meditation in Ruin
  • Bibliography
  • Index.