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The Buddha's Middle Way

- Experiential Judgement in His Life and Teaching
Af: Robert M Ellis Engelsk Hardback

The Buddha's Middle Way

- Experiential Judgement in His Life and Teaching
Af: Robert M Ellis Engelsk Hardback
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The Middle Way was first taught explicitly by the Buddha. It is the first teaching offered by the Buddha in his first address, and the basis of his practical method in meditation, ethics, and wisdom. It is often mentioned in connection with Buddhist teachings, yet the full case for its importance has not yet been made. This book aims to make that case.

The Middle Way can be understood from the Buddha’s life as well as his teachings. His early life follows a symbolic quest through the extremes of the Palace and the Forest, followed by the discovery of the Middle Way. His similes, such as the raft, the lute-strings, the arrow, and the blind people with the elephant are not just allegories of Buddhist teachings, but relate closely to the universal human experience of balanced judgement.

This book also has a critical case. Although it has transmitted the Middle Way, the Buddhist tradition has also often ignored or distorted it. The Middle Way is experiential, authentic and creative, and thus threatening to the power of a tradition that has instead emphasised the Buddha’s authority as a source of abstract, absolute revelation. The Buddha’s Middle Way aims to differentiate the universal Middle Way from Buddhist tradition.

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The Middle Way was first taught explicitly by the Buddha. It is the first teaching offered by the Buddha in his first address, and the basis of his practical method in meditation, ethics, and wisdom. It is often mentioned in connection with Buddhist teachings, yet the full case for its importance has not yet been made. This book aims to make that case.

The Middle Way can be understood from the Buddha’s life as well as his teachings. His early life follows a symbolic quest through the extremes of the Palace and the Forest, followed by the discovery of the Middle Way. His similes, such as the raft, the lute-strings, the arrow, and the blind people with the elephant are not just allegories of Buddhist teachings, but relate closely to the universal human experience of balanced judgement.

This book also has a critical case. Although it has transmitted the Middle Way, the Buddhist tradition has also often ignored or distorted it. The Middle Way is experiential, authentic and creative, and thus threatening to the power of a tradition that has instead emphasised the Buddha’s authority as a source of abstract, absolute revelation. The Buddha’s Middle Way aims to differentiate the universal Middle Way from Buddhist tradition.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9781781798195
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1781798192
Udg. Dato: 13 maj 2019
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Forlag: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Oplagsdato: 13 maj 2019
Forfatter(e): Robert M Ellis
Forfatter(e) Robert M Ellis


Kategori Østasiatisk og indisk filosofi


ISBN-13 9781781798195


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 320


Udgave


Længde 0mm


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Udg. Dato 13 maj 2019


Oplagsdato 13 maj 2019


Forlag Equinox Publishing Ltd

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