Malcolm David Eckel

Broschiertes Buch

To See the Buddha

A Philosopher's Quest for the Meaning of Emptiness

Beschreibung

Malcolm David Eckel takes us on a contemporary quest to discover the essential meaning behind the Buddha's many representations. Eckel's bold thesis proposes that the proper understanding of Buddhist philosophy must be thoroughly religious--an understanding revealed in Eckel's new translation of the philospher Bhavaviveka's major work, The Flame of Reason. Eckel shows that the dimensions of early Indian Buddhism--popular art, conventional piety, and critical philosophy--all work together to express the same religious yearning for the fullness of emptiness that Buddha conveys.

Autor

Malcolm David Eckel is Professor of the History of Religion at Boston University. He is the author of Jnanagarbha's Commentary on the Distinction between the Two Truths.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9780691037738
• ISBN-10: 0691037736
• Artikelnr.: 21482043