What is Buddhist enlightenment? / Dale S. Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Dale Stuart, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment (Buddhism).

Physical Description:

viii, 244 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Contents:

Introduction. Why ask what enlightenment is?

part 1. Contemporary images of enlightenment

The Bodhisattva's practice of enlightenment

The awakening of character as an image of contemporary enlightenment

Secular Buddhism and the religious dimension of enlightenment

Part 2. The moral dimension of enlightenment

Enlightenment and the experience of Karma

Enlightenment and the moral dimension of Zen training

Enlightenment and the persistence of human fallibility

The thought of enlightenment and the dilemma of human achievement

Part 3. Language and the experience of enlightenment

Language in Zen enlightenment

Enlightenment and the practice of meditative reading

From the thought of enlightenment to the event of awakening

Conclusion. Ten theses on contemporary enlightenment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244).

Other Format:

Online version: Wright, Dale Stuart, author. What is Buddhist enlightenment?

ISBN:

9780190622596

0190622598

OCLC:

944462933