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THE SELFLESS MIND
PERSONALITY, CONSCIOUSNESS AND NIRVANA IN EARLY BUDDHISM |
| By: |
Peter Harvey |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0700703381 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780700703388 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
28 September, 1995 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
This analysis of early Buddhist thought discusses a perspective where no permanent idea of the "Self" is accepted. Instead, the idea of the changing and potent mental processes is developed. The text explores issues relating to the not-Self teaching. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
RoutledgeCurzon |
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