02471nam 2200529Ia 450 991082652850332120200520144314.01-280-69704-097866136740050-8093-8609-7(CKB)2670000000205154(OCoLC)794701271(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575413(SSID)ssj0000676475(PQKBManifestationID)11396812(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676475(PQKBWorkID)10683128(PQKB)11536645(MiAaPQ)EBC1354639(EXLCZ)99267000000020515419850110d1986 ub 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrUnderstanding Buddhism /Nolan Pliny JacobsonCarbondale Southern Illinois University Pressc19861 online resource (229 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8093-2985-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 Subjects -- Author Bio -- Back Cover.Jacobson presents Buddhism unen­cumbered by Western categories and concepts, free from the cognitive bias, from the concept-oriented, definition-minded preoccupations inherited from the ancient Greeks. It is an interpreta­tion of the central ideas that have charac­terized all forms of Buddhism for 25centuries.BuddhismDoctrinesBuddhismBuddhismDoctrines.Buddhism.181/.043Jacobson Nolan Pliny1631785MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826528503321Understanding Buddhism4101946UNINA