A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack (Suny Series in Religious Studies)

A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack (Suny Series in Religious Studies)

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Book Description
A Buddhist interpretation of Western history that shows civilization shaped by the self's desire for groundedness. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From the Back Cover
Buddhism teaches that to become happy, greed, ill-will, and delusion must be transformed into their positive counterparts: generosity, compassion, and wisdom. The history of the West, like all histories, has been plagued by the consequences of greed, ill-will, and delusion. A Buddhist History of the West investigates how individuals have tried to ground themselves to make themselves feel more real. To be self-conscious is to experience ungroundedness as a sense of lack, but what is lacking has been understood differently in different historical periods. Author David R. Loy examines how the understanding of lack changes at historical junctures and shows how those junctures were so crucial in the development of the West. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack (Suny Series in Religious Studies)

A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack (Suny Series in Religious Studies),David R. Loy,State University of New York Press,0791452603,Buddhism - General,Buddhism - History,Civilization,Civilization, Western,Classical influences,Eastern - General,History - General History,Philosophy,Philosophy, Buddhist,Psychological aspects,Religion,World - General

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