Introduction to Buddhist Meditation

ISBN-13: 9780367769239 / Twarda / 2024 / 288 str.

Sarah Shaw

Opis

This lively introduction to Buddhist meditation offers students and practitioners alike a deeper understanding of what meditation is and its purpose and place in the context of different Buddhist schools and is ideal reading for students approaching the topic of Buddhist meditation for the first time.

Spis treści

List of Figures and Permissions  Preface  Key  Three kinds of Buddhisms  1. The Eightfold Path and Meditation  2. Buddhist guidance on meditation, old and new  3. Radiant but defiled: the human mind  4. Buddhaghosa and the forty objects of meditation  5. Chanting, paying respects and devotional ritual  6. Meditation in Buddhist South and Southeast Asia  7. Developments in Indian Buddhism  8. Buddhist Meditation Traditions in Tibet  9. Meditation in China  10. Meditation in Korea and Vietnam  11. Meditation in Japan  12. Buddhism around the world  Brief Glossary  Index

O autorze

Sarah Shaw is a member of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, and a fellow of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies.