Understanding Buddhism / Nolan Pliny Jacobson

Name/Title

Understanding Buddhism / Nolan Pliny Jacobson

Entry/Object ID

BQ4150 .J33 1986

Description

Jacobson presents Buddhism unencumbered by Western categories and concepts, free from the cognitive bias, from the concept-oriented, definition-minded preoccupations inherited from the ancient Greeks. It is an interpretation of the central ideas that have characterized all forms of Buddhism for 25 centuries. --Publisher's description Contents: Prologue: An. American philosopher on the influence of the Buddha Introduction: new personal encounters New grounds for understanding Buddhism Reality of experience The Interrelatedness of existence The Great stumbling block Creativity and Sunyata The First western access road into Buddhism Japan through the Buddhist looking glass The confluence of Buddhist and American thought Buddhist meditation Appendix: Buddhism in the development of western philosophy.

Collection

Jotidhammo Collection

Dimensions

Dimension Description

xii, 212 pages ; 23 cm

Book Details

Author

Nolan Pliny Jacobson

Publisher

Southern Illinois University Press

Place Published

City

Carbondale

State/Province

Illinois

Date Published

1986

Publication Subjects

Buddhism -- Doctrines

Call No.

BQ4150 .J33 1986

ISBN

0809312255