Roderick S. Bucknell (University of Queensland)

Reconstructing Early Buddhism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This ground-breaking analysis of key differences between early Buddhist texts, written in Pali, Sanskrit and Chinese, puts fresh perspectives on the Buddha, Buddhism and Buddhist meditative practices. These practices will be of particular interest to present-day practitioners of awareness and insight meditation. A landmark book on Buddhist origins.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9781009236522
• ISBN-10: 1009236520
• Artikelnr.: 63700635

Autorenporträt

Roderick S. Bucknell holds a doctorate in Chinese linguistics and is an Honorary Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Queensland, where for eighteen years ¿ prior to his retirement ¿ he taught Chinese and Buddhist studies. Having become interested in the techniques of insight meditation on an earlier visit to the country, he was formerly (from 1967¿71) a bhikkhu (Buddhist monk) based in Thailand. His previous works include The Twilight Language: Explorations in Buddhist Meditation and Symbolism (1995, co-authored with Martin Stuart-Fox, who has edited and provided the Postscript to the present volume) and Sanskrit Manual: A Quick Reference Guide to the Phonology and Grammar of Classical Sanskrit (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Background and Context: 1. Introducing the project
2. The Sägha and the oral transmission
3. Scriptural sources
Part II. The Path: 4. The stepwise training
5. Derivative accounts of the path
6. The eightfold path
Part III. The Practice: 7. Mindfulness
8. Concentration
9. The three knowledges
Part IV. In Conclusion: 10. Summary and implications.