The Meditative Way: Readings in the Theory and Practice of Buddhist Meditation - Brossura

Bucknell, Roderick; Kang, Chris

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ISBN 10: 070070678X ISBN 13: 9780700706785

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1996

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Buddhist meditation, while attracting less popular attention than some other meditative disciplines, has given rise to a rich literature in recent years. These 28 readings are designed to give meditators, researchers and general readers access to represen

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Buddhist meditation, while attracting less popular attention than some other meditative disciplines, has given rise to a particularly rich literature in recent years. Despite differences in style and terminology, these modern writings on Buddhist meditation serve much the same purposes as did the manuals and commentaries of the classical masters: to explicate and interpret the Buddha's teachings on meditation, to clarify the nature and value of the various meditative techniques and attainments, and/or to offer advice on the actual practice of meditation. Meditators are increasingly inclined to compare and evaluate critically what the different contemporary meditation masters have to say, to weigh up the results of relevant scientific studies, or to consult translations of the primary texts in search of the Buddha's 'original' teachings on meditation. Writers on meditation are also increasingly adopting an appropriately critical approach, particularly as regards the reliability of textual accounts. Relatively few still commit the old error of assuming that the Pali canon is a complete and faithful record of what the Buddha said on the subject, or that the classical commentators were infallible authorities. The present collection of twenty-eight readings is designed to give meditators, researchers, and general readers ready access to representative samples of those writings, and to the principal relevant texts. The readings are grouped under four headings, arranged in roughly chronological order, as follows. Section I: Pali Sources

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 070070678X
• ISBN 13: 9780700706785
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288