The Autobiographical Self of a Buddhist Monk: Brief Analysis of Master Yin Shun's An Ordinary Life
Autobiography, a self-written narrative normally documenting one's own life, seems to work on a concept of self that is contradictory to one of the core Buddhist beliefs: the "self" is an illusion. It is therefore interesting to examine and review an example of a Buddhist monk's...
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Simon Fraser University, David See Chai Lam Centre for International Communication
2021
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