Buddhist History of the West
Studies in Lack
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| Author(s) : Loy , David |
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| ISBN : 0791452603 | | EAN : 9780791452608 | | Cover : Paperback | | Pages : 256 | | Size : 228 x 150mm | | Publisher : State Univ New York | | Published : 2002 |
Category : Philosophy
Category 2 : Western Study of Buddhism
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Synopsis:
A Buddhist philosophical interpretation of Western history that shows civilization shaped by the self`s desire for groundedness.
Buddhism teaches that to become happy, greed, ill-will, and delusion must be transformed into their positive counterpoints: generosity, compassion and wisdom. The history of the West, like all histories, has been plagued by the consequences of greed, ill-will, and delusion. This work investigates how individuals have tried to ground themselves to make themselves feel more real. To be self-conscious is to experience ungroundedness as a sense of lack, but what is lacking has been understood differently in different historical periods.
"This book has to do with ways of coming to a better understanding of civilization, history, politics, and our own human psyches, and how it is that certain sets of problems - war and exploitation among them - keep arising. David Loy is opening up new territory that is of great value. He is a very exciting thinker."Gary Snyder. |
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