Selfless persons: imagery and thought in Theravāda Buddhism
This book seeks to explain carefully and sympathetically the Buddhist doctrine of anatta ('not-self'), which denies the existence of any self, soul or enduring essence in man. The author relates this doctrine to its cultural and historical context, particularly to its Brahmanical backgroun...
| Главный автор: | |
|---|---|
| Формат: | Электронный ресурс |
| Язык: | Английский |
| Слжба доставки Subito: | Заказать сейчас. |
| Проверить наличие: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Опубликовано: |
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1982.
|
| В: | Год: 1982 |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Theravāda Buddhism ; Doctrines
B Theravāda Buddhism Doctrines B Anātman |
| Online-ссылка: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780521240819 |
| Итог: | This book seeks to explain carefully and sympathetically the Buddhist doctrine of anatta ('not-self'), which denies the existence of any self, soul or enduring essence in man. The author relates this doctrine to its cultural and historical context, particularly to its Brahmanical background, and shows how the Theravada Buddhist tradition has constructed a philosophical and psychological account of personal identity and continuity on the apparently impossible basis of the denial of self. |
|---|---|
| Примечание: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| Объем: | 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 323 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 0511621493 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511621499 |