What is Buddhist enlightenment?

Why ask what enlightenment is? -- Contemporary images of enlightenment -- The Bodhisattva's practice of enlightenment -- The awakening of character as an image of contemporary enlightenment -- Secular Buddhism and the religious dimension of enlightenment -- The moral dimension of enlightenment...

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Authors: Wright, Dale Stuart 1948- (Author) ; Wright, Dale S. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2016]
In:Year: 2016
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Buddhism / Enlightenment
B Buddhism / Enlightenment / Ethics
B Zen Buddhism / Enlightenment
B Buddhist philosophy / Enlightenment
Further subjects:B Enlightenment (Buddhism)
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:Why ask what enlightenment is? -- Contemporary images of enlightenment -- The Bodhisattva's practice of enlightenment -- The awakening of character as an image of contemporary enlightenment -- Secular Buddhism and the religious dimension of enlightenment -- The moral dimension of enlightenment -- Enlightenment and the experience of Karma -- Enlightenment and the moral dimension of Zen training -- Enlightenment and the persistence of human fallibility -- The thought of enlightenment and the dilemma of human achievement -- Language and the experience of enlightenment -- Language in Zen enlightenment -- Enlightenment and the practice of meditative reading -- From the thought of enlightenment to the event of awakening -- Theses on contemporary enlightenment
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244)
ISBN:0190622598