World Is Made of Stories

Name: World Is Made of Stories
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ISBN: 9780861716159

ISBN-10: 0861716159

ISBN-13: 9780861716159

Edition: 2010

Authors: David R. Loy

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In this unique and utterly novel presentation, David Loy explores the fascinating proposition that the stories we tell-about what is and is not possible, about ourselves, about right and wrong, life and death, about the world and everything in it-become the very building blocks of our experience and of the universe itself. Loy uses an intriguing mixture of quotations from familiar and less-familiar sources and brief standalone micro-essays, and engages both the reader and himself in challenging and illuminating dialogue. As we come to see that the world is made-in a word-of stories, we come to a richer understanding of that most elusive of Buddhist ideas: shunyata, the "generative…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Publication date: 8/31/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface


In the Beginning Was the Story


A Storied Life


The Power of Story, the Story of Power


The Big Stories


Acknowledgments


Index


About the Author