Sarah Shaw

Introduction to Buddhist Meditation (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This lively introduction to Buddhist meditation offers students and practitioners alike a deeper understanding of what meditation is and its purpose and place in the context of different Buddhist schools and is ideal reading for students approaching the topic of Buddhist meditation for the first time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040006665
• Artikelnr.: 70093897

Autorenporträt

Sarah Shaw is a member of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, and a fellow of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Buddhism and its background. 2. Buddhist meditation: mindfulness,
wisdom and concentration 3. Tracing back the radiance: Buddhist
theories of the mind 4. The objects for meditation 5. Chanting as
meditation 6. Meditation traditions of Southern Buddhism 7. India 8.
Tibet 9. China 10. Korea and Vietnam 11. Japan 12. Modern
Developments

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List of figures and permissions Preface Key Three kinds of Buddhisms 1. The eightfold path and meditation 2. Buddhist guidance on meditation, old and new 3. Radiant but defiled: the human mind 4. Buddhaghosa and the forty objects of meditation 5. Chanting, paying respects and devotional ritual 6. Meditation in Buddhist South and Southeast Asia 7. Developments in Indian Buddhism 8. Buddhist meditation traditions in Tibet 9. Meditation in China 10. Meditation in Korea and Vietnam 11. Meditation in Japan 12. Meditation around the world Glossary Index