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Christopher Gowans
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Buddha's Moral Teaching
Buddha's Teaching
buddhas
Buddha’s Moral Teaching
Buddha’s Teaching
Buddhist Meditation
Buddhist meditation techniques
Buddhist selfhood and suffering
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comparative religious philosophy
Conditioned World
dependent
Dependent Origination
eightfold
Eightfold Path
Eightfold Path analysis
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Express Train
Female Lay Followers
Four Noble Truths
Good Life
Hellenistic Philosophers
Human Suffering
Insight Meditation
Lay Followers
Lay Men
N I B B A?
Nibbana attainment
noble
Noble Truths
origination
path
pit
Process Account
process philosophy
Serenity Meditation
Siddhattha Gotama
sutta
Sutta Pit
teaching
Tibetan Buddhism
truths
Twelvefold Formula
Unenlightened Persons
Unwholesome States
Young Man

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415278577
  • Weight: 360g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 15 May 2003
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Philosophy of the Buddha is a philosophical introduction to the teaching of the Buddha. It carefully guides readers through the basic ideas and practices of the Buddha, including kamma (karma), rebirth, the not-self doctrine, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, ethics, meditation, non-attachment, and Nibbâna (Nirvana).

The book includes an account of the life of the Buddha as well as comparisons of his teaching with practical and theoretical aspects of some Western philosophical outlooks, both ancient and modern. Most distinctively, Philosophy of the Buddha explores how Buddhist enlightenment could enable us to overcome suffering in our lives and reach our full potential for compassion and tranquillity.

This is one of the first books to introduce the philosophy of the Buddha to students of Western philosophy. Christopher W. Gowans' style is exceptionally clear and appropriate for anyone looking for a comprehensive introduction to this growing area of interest.
About Christopher Gowans
Christopher W. Gowans is professor of philosophy at Fordham University, USA. He is editor of Moral Disagreements (Routledge 2000), Moral Dilemmas (Oxford University Press 1987) and the author of Innocence Lost: An Examination of Inescapable Wrongdoing (Oxford University Press 1994).

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