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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955445203321

Autore

Heim Maria <1969->

Titolo

The forerunner of all things : Buddhaghosa on mind, intention, and agency / / Maria Heim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, [2013]

ISBN

0-19-933105-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 246 pages)

Disciplina

294.3422

Soggetti

Will - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Karma

Theravāda Buddhism - Doctrines

Karma - Doctrines

Theravāda Buddhism

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Buddhism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Constructing Experience: Intention in the Suttas -- 2. The Work of Intention: Mental Life in the Abhidhamma -- 3. Culpability and Disciplinary Culture in the Vinaya -- 4. Making Actions Intelligible: Intention and Mind in Stories -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Scholars have long been intrigued by the Buddha's defining action (karma) as intention. This book explores systematically how intention, agency, and moral psychology were interpreted in all branches of early Theravada thought, paying special attention to the thought of the 5th-century commentator Buddhaghosa.