Sarah Shaw

Introduction to Buddhist Meditation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This lively introduction to Buddhist meditation offers students and practitioners alike a deeper understanding of what meditation is and its purpose and place in the context of different Buddhist schools and is ideal reading for students approaching the topic of Buddhist meditation for the first time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 234mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9780367769246
• ISBN-10: 0367769247
• Artikelnr.: 69792118

Autorenporträt

Sarah Shaw is a member of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, and a fellow of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and permissions Preface Key Three kinds of Buddhisms 1. The
eightfold path and meditation 2. Buddhist guidance on meditation, old and
new 3. Radiant but defiled: the human mind 4. Buddhaghosa and the forty
objects of meditation 5. Chanting, paying respects and devotional ritual 6.
Meditation in Buddhist South and Southeast Asia 7. Developments in Indian
Buddhism 8. Buddhist meditation traditions in Tibet 9. Meditation in China
10. Meditation in Korea and Vietnam 11. Meditation in Japan 12. Meditation
around the world Glossary Index