Mindfully Facing Disease and Death: Compassionate Advice from Early Buddhist Texts - Couverture souple

Analayo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1909314722 ISBN 13 : 9781909314726

Editeur : Windhorse Publications, 2016

Synopsis

Winner of the 2017 Nautilus Silver Book Awards in the category Religion/Spirituality of Eastern Thought. Disease and death are undeniably integral parts of human life. Yet when they manifest we are easily caught unprepared. To prepare for these, we need to learn how to skilfully face illness and passing away. A source of practical wisdom can be found in the early discourses that record the teachings given by the Buddha and his disciples.The chief aim of this book is to provide a collection of passages taken from the Buddha's early discourses that provide guidance for facing disease and death. The present anthology focuses on the theme of compassion, and is concerned with anukampa: compassion as the underlying motivation in altruistic action. The book combines translations of Buddhist Sanskrit discourse from the Chinese original, with introductions that explain the basic message, clarify terminology and ideas contained in the discourse, and draw out some of their practical implications.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Analayo is a professor of Buddhist Studies at the Sri Lanka International Academy in Pallekele. He teaches at the Center for Buddhist Studies of the University of Hamburg and researches at the Dharma Drum Buddhist College in Taiwan. Analayo's published works include Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization (2003), Perspectives on Satipatthana (2014) and Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation (2015).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Windhorse Publications
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1909314722
• ISBN 13: 9781909314726
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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