What is Buddhist enlightenment? /Dale S. Wright.
Wright, Dale S.,
What is Buddhist enlightenment? /Dale S. Wright. - London : Oxford Univ Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover; What Is Buddhist Enlightenment?; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction:€Why Ask What Enlightenment€Is?; Part 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; Part 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 AchievementPart 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; Notes; Bibliography.
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?
9780190622626 9780190622602
Enlightenment (Buddhism)
Electronic Books.
BQ4398 / .W438 2016
What is Buddhist enlightenment? /Dale S. Wright. - London : Oxford Univ Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover; What Is Buddhist Enlightenment?; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction:€Why Ask What Enlightenment€Is?; Part 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; Part 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 AchievementPart 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; Notes; Bibliography.
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?
9780190622626 9780190622602
Enlightenment (Buddhism)
Electronic Books.
BQ4398 / .W438 2016