Sonam Kachru

Other Lives

Mind and World in Indian Buddhism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In his The Twenty Verses, the Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu invites readers to explore experiences in dreams and to inhabit the experiences of nonhuman beingsâ animals, hungry ghosts, and beings in hell. Sonam Kachru provides a deep engagement with Vasubandhuâ s account of mind in a global philosophical perspective.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 229mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9780231200011
• ISBN-10: 0231200013
• Artikelnr.: 60798167

Autorenporträt

Sonam Kachru

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Presentation, Objects, Representations
2. How Not to Use Dreams
3. The Place of Dreams
4. Cosmology for Philosophers
5. Making Up Worlds
6. Transparent Things, Through Which the Past Shines
7. Waking Up and Living Asleep
Conclusion: The Future of Past Systems of Possibility
Appendix: The Twenty Verses of Vasubandhu in Translation
Notes
Bibliography
Index