A Critique of Western Buddhism
Ruins of the Buddhist Real
What are we to make of Western Buddhism? Glenn Wallis argues that in aligning their tradition with the contemporary wellness industry, Western Buddhists evade the consequences of Buddhist thought. This book shows that with concepts such as vanishing, nihility, extinction, contingency, and no-self, Buddhism, like all potent systems of thought, articulates a notion of the real. Raw, unflinching acceptance of this real is held by Buddhism to be at the very core of human awakening. Yet these preeminent human truths are universally shored up against in contemporary Buddhist practice, contravening the very heart of Buddhism. The author's critique…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4742-8357-1
- EAN: 9781474283571
- Produktnummer: 29456089
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 232 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 37'627 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Glenn Wallis is an independent scholar and Director of Incite Seminars in Philadelphia, USA. He has taught at several universities, including Brown University, USA, and the University of Georgia, USA.
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