Awakening

An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought

Patrick S. Bresnan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

494 Seiten

2012 | 5th edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-205-24298-6 (ISBN)

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Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought engages students with anecdotes, primary and secondary sources, an accessible writing style, and a clear historical approach.

The text focuses on India, China, and Japan, while showing the relationships that exist between Eastern and Western traditions. Patrick Bresnan consistently links the past to the present, so students may see that Eastern traditions, however ancient their origins, are living traditions and relevant to modern times.

Patrick S. Bresnan

Preface

Part I Hinduism and Related Traditions of South Asia

1. India Before the Vedas

2. Veda and the Vedas

3. Introduction to the Upanishads

4. The Bhagavad Gita

5. Ashtanga Yoga

6. Darshana

7. The Devotional Movement

8. A Millennium of Strife

Part II Shakyamuni Buddha and the Early Development of Buddhism

9. The Life of Shakyamuni Buddha

10. Basic Teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha

11. Theravada Buddhism

12. Mahayana Buddhism

Part III Non-Buddhist Traditions of East Asia

13. Confucius and Confucianism

14. Daoism

15. Shinto

Part IV Buddhism in China and Japan

16. Early Buddhism in China

17. Tibetan Buddhism

18. Chan Buddhism

19. Zen Buddhism

Works Cited

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.10.2012
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	657 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-205-24298-7 / 0205242987
ISBN-13	978-0-205-24298-6 / 9780205242986
Zustand	Neuware