Maria Heim

The Forerunner of All Things (eBook, PDF)

Buddhaghosa on Mind, Intention, and Agency

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Scholars have long been intrigued by the Buddha's defining action (karma) as intention. This book explores systematically how intention, agency, and moral psychology were interpreted in all branches of early Theravada thought, paying special attention to the thought of the 5th-century commentator Buddhaghosa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199331055
• Artikelnr.: 39603556

Autorenporträt

Associate Professor of Religion, Amherst College

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One: Constructing Experience: Intention in the Suttas
Chapter Two: The Work of Intention: Mental Life in the Abhidhamma
Chapter Three: Culpability and Disciplinary Culture in the Vinaya
Chapter Four: Making Actions Intelligible: Intention and Mind in Stories
Conclusion
Bibliography
Notes
Index