The Six Perfections

Buddhism and the Cultivation of Character

Dale Wright (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2009
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-538201-3 (ISBN)

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Here is a lucid, accessible, and inspiring guide to the six perfections--a set of Buddhist teachings designed to transform human character through the perfection of generosity, morality, tolerance, energy, meditation, and wisdom. Drawing on the Diamond Sutra, The Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom, and other essential Mahayana texts, Dale Wright shows how these teachings were understood and practiced in the Buddha's time and how they can be adapted to contemporary life in a global society. What would the perfection of generosity look like today, for example? How can we learn to be giving--without ulterior motive or self-concern? Devoting a separate chapter to each of the six perfections, Wright combines sophisticated analysis with real-life applications. Buddhists have always stressed self-cultivation, the uniquely human freedom that allows us, if we choose, to shape the kind of life we will live and the kind of person we will become. For those who wish to live a more perfect life, The Six Perfections offers invaluable guidance.

Dale Wright is David B. and Mary H. Gamble Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and Asian Studies at Occidental College and the author of Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism and Zen Ritual: Studies of Zen Theory in Practice, co-edited with Steven Heine, (OUP 2007). He lives in San Diego.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; TRADITIONAL BUDDHIST IMAGES OF THE PERFECTION OF GENEROSITY; CRITICAL ASSESSMENT: A CONTEMPORARY PERFECTION OF GENEROSITY; TRADITIONAL BUDDHIST IMAGES OF THE PERFECTION OF MORALITY; CRITICAL ASSESSMENT: A CONTEMPORARY PERFECTION OF MORALITY; TRADITIONAL BUDDHIST IMAGES OF THE PERFECTION OF TOLERANCE; CRITICAL ASSESSMENT: A CONTEMPORARY PERFECTION OF TOLERANCE; TRADITIONAL BUDDHIST IMAGES OF THE PERFECTION OF ENERGY; CRITICAL ASSESSMENT: A CONTEMPORARY PERFECTION OF ENERGY; TRADITIONAL BUDDHIST IMAGES OF THE PERFECTION OF MEDITATION; CRITICAL ASSESSMENT: A CONTEMPORARY PERFECTION OF MEDITATION; TRADITIONAL BUDDHIST IMAGES OF THE PERFECTION OF WISDOM; CRITICAL ASSESSMENT: A CONTEMPORARY PERFECTION OF WISDOM; CONCLUSION; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.10.2009
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	236 x 155 mm
Gewicht	562 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	0-19-538201-3 / 0195382013
ISBN-13	978-0-19-538201-3 / 9780195382013
Zustand	Neuware