Patrick S. Bresnan

Awakening (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought provides the reader with a thorough and valuable overview of the historical development of the major Eastern religious and philosophical traditions, primarily in India, China, and Japan.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000484526
• Artikelnr.: 62782627

Autorenporträt

Patrick S. Bresnan is a retired professor of history and philosophy at De Anza College, Cupertino, California, where he created a four-quarter course, Introduction to Eastern Philosophy, dealing with the historical development of the major philosophical traditions of Asian countries. That, plus extensive travel and study in Asia, resulted in the production of the college-level text Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to seventh edition 1. India Before the Vedas 2.Veda and the
Vedas 3. Introduction to the Upanishads 4. The Bhagavad Gita 5. Ashtanga
Yoga 6. Darshana 7. The Devotional Movement 8. A Millennium of Strife 9.
The Life Story of Shakyamuni Buddha 10. Basic Teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha
11. Theravada Buddhism 12. Mahayana Buddhism 13. Confucius and Confucianism
14. Daoism 15. Shinto 16. Early Buddhism in China 17. Tibetan Buddhism 18.
Chan Buddhism 19. Zen Buddhism