What the Buddha thought
Gombrich, Richard F. 1937-
What the Buddha thought [electronic resource] / Richard Gombrich. - London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2009. - 1 online resource (xv, 240 p.) - Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies monographs . - Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies monographs. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-232) and index.
More about karma, and its social context -- The antecedents of the karma doctrine in Brahminism -- Jain antecedents -- What did the Buddha mean by "no soul"? -- The Buddha's positive values: love and compassion -- Assessing the evidence -- Everything is burning: the centrality of fire in the Bddha's thought -- Causation and non-random process -- Cognition; language; nirvana -- The Buddha's pragmatism and intellectual style -- The Buddha as satirist; brahmin terms as social metaphors -- Is this book to be believed?
9781845536138 (electronic bk.) 1845536134 (electronic bk.)
Uk
Gautama Buddha--Teachings.
Gautama Buddha--Teachings.
Religion.
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
Electronic books.
BQ915 / .G66 2009eb
294.3/63
What the Buddha thought [electronic resource] / Richard Gombrich. - London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2009. - 1 online resource (xv, 240 p.) - Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies monographs . - Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies monographs. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-232) and index.
More about karma, and its social context -- The antecedents of the karma doctrine in Brahminism -- Jain antecedents -- What did the Buddha mean by "no soul"? -- The Buddha's positive values: love and compassion -- Assessing the evidence -- Everything is burning: the centrality of fire in the Bddha's thought -- Causation and non-random process -- Cognition; language; nirvana -- The Buddha's pragmatism and intellectual style -- The Buddha as satirist; brahmin terms as social metaphors -- Is this book to be believed?
9781845536138 (electronic bk.) 1845536134 (electronic bk.)
Uk
Gautama Buddha--Teachings.
Gautama Buddha--Teachings.
Religion.
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
Electronic books.
BQ915 / .G66 2009eb
294.3/63
