Edge of Certainty: Dilemmas on the Buddhist Path - Couverture souple

Fenner, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0892540354 ISBN 13 : 9780892540358

Editeur : Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S., 2004

Synopsis

In addition to being an excellent well-rounded introduction to Buddhist philosophy this book addresses the contradictions of spiritual practice that all seekers Buddhist and non-Buddhist experience. It challenges common conceptions and misconceptions about travelling the Buddhist path to enlightenment. The author asks the questions that some dare not: ¨ Is spiritual freedom gained through effort and struggle or by giving up our need for things to be different? ¨ How do we really know if our spiritualactivities are moving us closer to our goal or just keeping us from experiencing freedom in the here-and-now? ¨ Does our need for spiritual guidance point us in the right direction or is it simply an expression of our habitual and futile need to know what cannot be known? Peter Fenner approaches these questions by first providing clear and illuminating summaries of the orthodox and unorthodox ways of the many different Buddhist traditions. He shares his own experiences with such practices as mindfulness meditation Vipassana Tantra and the natural meditations of the Dzogchen tradition. He contrasts the traditional approach of change-through-practice with the non-traditional Western need for immediacy. Fenner shows us how the paradoxes that emerge on the spiritual path can be used to deconstruct our fixations about getting it or losing it.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0892540354
• ISBN 13: 9780892540358
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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