Selfless Persons Imagery and Thought in Theravada Buddhism

Name: Selfless Persons Imagery and Thought in Theravada Buddhism
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ISBN: 9780521397261

ISBN-10: 052139726X

ISBN-13: 9780521397261

Edition: 1990

Authors: Steven Collins

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This book explains the Buddhist doctrine of annatt ("not-self"), which denies the existence of any self, soul, or enduring essence in man. The author relates this doctrine to its cultural and historical context, particularly to its Brahman background. He shows how the Theravada Buddhist tradition has constructed a philosophical and psychological account of personal identity on the apparently impossible basis of the denial of self. Although the emphasis of the book is firmly philosophical, Dr. Collins makes use of a number of academic disciplines, particularly those of anthropology, linguistics, sociology, and comparative religion, in an attempt to discover the "deep structure" of Buddhist…

Book details

List price: $78.99
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/29/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Cultural and Social Setting of Buddhist Thought



The origins of rebirth



Varieties of Buddhist discourse



The Doctrine of Not-Slef



The denial of self as 'right view'



Views, attachment, and 'emptiness'



Personality and Rebirth



The individual of 'conventional truth'



'Neither the same nor different'



Continuity



Conditioning and consciousness



Momentariness and the bhavanga-mind


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Glossary and index of Pali and Sanskrit terms


General index