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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463430303321

Autore

Jacobson Nolan Pliny

Titolo

Understanding Buddhism [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Disciplina

181.043

181/.043

Soggetti

Buddhism -- Doctrines

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Prologue: An American Philosopher on the Influence of the Buddha; 1. Introduction: New Personal Encounters; 2. New Grounds for Understanding Buddhism; 3. The Reality of Experience; 4. The Interrelatedness of Existence; 5. The Great Stumbling Block; 6. Creativity and Sunyata; 7. The First Western Access Road Into Buddhism; 8. Japan Through the Buddhist Looking Glass; 9. The Confluence of Buddhist and American Thought; 10. Buddhist Meditation; Appendix: Buddhism in the Development of Western Philosophy; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names

Index of SubjectsAuthor Bio; Back Cover