Dale S Wright

What Is Buddhist Enlightenment?

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Produktbeschreibung

Dale Wright offers a wide-ranging exploration of issues that have a bearing on the contemporary meaning of enlightenment. He considers the historical meanings of enlightenment within various Buddhist traditions, but does so in order to expand on the larger question that our lives press upon us-what kinds of lives should we aspire to live here, now, and into the future?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 168mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780190622596
• ISBN-10: 0190622598
• Artikelnr.: 47870582

Autorenporträt

Dale S. Wright is the Gamble Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of Asian Studies at Occidental College in Los Angeles. He writes and teaches courses in Buddhist Studies, the Philosophy of Religion, and Contemporary Religious Thought. Wright is the author of books, articles, and reviews, including Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism and The Six Perfections: Buddhism and the Cultivation of Character and the co-editor of a series of five books on Zen Buddhist history for Oxford University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Why Ask What Enlightenment Is?
I. Contemporary Images of Enlightenment
1) The Bodhisattva's Practice of Enlightenment
2) The Awakening of Character as an Image of Contemporary Enlightenment
3) Secular Buddhism and the Religious Dimension of Enlightenment
II. The Moral Dimension of Enlightenment
4) Enlightenment and the Experience of Karma
5) Enlightenment and the Moral Dimension of Zen Training
6) Enlightenment and the Persistence of Human Fallibility
7) The Thought of Enlightenment and the Dilemma of Human Achievement
III. Language and the Experience of Enlightenment
8) Language in Zen Enlightenment
9) Enlightenment and the Practice of Meditative Reading
10) From the Thought of Enlightenment to the Event of Awakening
Conclusion: Ten Theses on Contemporary Enlightenment
Acknowledgments
Bibliography