The Meditative Way: Readings in the Theory and Practice of Buddhist Meditation 1136804080, 9781136804083

Rethinking Meditation Buddhist Meditative Practice in Ancient and Modern Worlds 9780197661765, 9780197661741, 9780197661772, 0197661742

A dizzying array of meditation practices have emerged in the long and culturally diverse history of Buddhism. Yet if you

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The Spirit of Buddhist Meditation 9780300210453

A guide to key writings from Buddhism’s meditative tradition and what they reveal about the history and practice of medi

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The origin of Buddhist meditation 0203963008, 0415423872, 9780415423878, 9780203963005, 8620072943

Having identified early material that goes back to the Buddha himself, the author argues that the two teachers of the Bu

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Exploring the World of Human Practice: Readings in and about the Philosophy of Aurel Kolnai 9786155211102

Aurel Kolnai was born in Budapest, in 1900 and died in London, in 1973. He was, according to Karl Popper and the late Be

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Jhana Consciousness: Buddhist Meditation in the Age of Neuroscience 1645470806, 9781645470809

An interdisciplinary deep dive into Buddhist jhāna meditation and how it can transform our understanding of self and con

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Yoga, Meditation, and Mysticism: Contemplative Universals and Meditative Landmarks 9781472571687, 9781474297837, 9781472571694

Contemplative experience is central to Hindu yoga traditions, Buddhist meditation practices, and Catholic mystical theol

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The Zen Monastic Experience: Buddhist Practice in Contemporary Korea 9780691216102

Robert Buswell, a Buddhist scholar who spent five years as a Zen monk in Korea, draws on personal experience in this ins

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After Augustine: The Meditative Reader and the Text 9780812203042

The essays in this volume discuss the changing purpose of reading from late antiquity to the Renaissance. "A most u

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Peaceful Heart: The Buddhist Practice of Patience 9780834843233, 9781611804645

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The Rhetorics of Feminism: Readings in Contemporary Cultural Theory and the Popular Press 0415281822, 9780415281829

Is it possible that changes in rhetorical practice could alter not just how thought is expressed, but also how it is mad

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