Selfless persons: imagery and thought in Theravāda Buddhism
This book seeks to explain carefully and sympathetically the Buddhist doctrine of anatta ('not-self'), which denies the existence of any self, soul or enduring essence in man. The author relates this doctrine to its cultural and historical context, particularly to its Brahmanical backgroun...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1982.
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| In: | Year: 1982 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theravāda Buddhism ; Doctrines
B Theravāda Buddhism Doctrines B Anātman |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780521240819 |
| Summary: | This book seeks to explain carefully and sympathetically the Buddhist doctrine of anatta ('not-self'), which denies the existence of any self, soul or enduring essence in man. The author relates this doctrine to its cultural and historical context, particularly to its Brahmanical background, and shows how the Theravada Buddhist tradition has constructed a philosophical and psychological account of personal identity and continuity on the apparently impossible basis of the denial of self. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 323 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-62149-9 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511621499 |
