Beyond Enlightenment
The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions...
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| Language: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Taylor & Francis
2006.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009746207206719 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. A Benign Introduction
- 2. A Place of Exceptional Universal Value
- 3. A Tale of Two Histories
- 4. The Anthropology of Enlightenment
- 5. What Do Gods Have to Do With Enlightenment?
- 6. A Baroque.
- Conclusion.
- Bibliography.
- Index.
