The Selfless Mind (eBook)

Personality, Consciousness and Nirvana in Early Buddhism

Peter Harvey (Autor)

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2013
304 Seiten
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-1-136-78329-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This careful analysis of early Buddhist thought opens out a perspective in which no permanent Self is accepted, but a rich analysis of changing and potent mental processes is developed. It explores issues relating to the not-Self teaching: self-development, moral responsibility, the between-lives period, and the ''undetermined questions'' on the world, on the ''life principle'' and on the liberated one after death. It examines the ''person'' as a flowing continuity centred on consciousness or discernment (vinnana) configured in changing minds-sets (cittas). The resting state of this is seen as ''brightly shining'' - like the ''Buddha nature'' of Mahayana thought - so as to represent the potential for Nirvana. Nirvana is then shown to be a state in which consciousness transcends all objects, and thus participates in a timeless, unconditioned realm.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.9.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• ISBN-10: 1-136-78329-6 / 1136783296
• ISBN-13: 978-1-136-78329-6 / 9781136783296