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Do you know who you are? : reading the Buddha's discourses / Krishnan Venkatesh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Venkatesh, Krishnan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhist philosophy.
- Buddhism--Doctrines.
- Buddhism.
- Physical Description:
- 226 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- A unique study of the earliest recorded "discourses" of the Buddha, taking an approach that is at once psychological, philosophical, and literary. The book is a series of essays on specific passages from the Buddha's original Discourses and is an introduction to the Buddha's radical empiricism for all people who like to read, think, and investigate.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Talking to the Buddha p. 7
- 1 The Buddha Talks to a White Supremacist p. 8
- 2 How to Live a Good Human Life: The Buddha's Advice to Sigala p. 13
- 3 Which Religion? The Discourse to the Kalamas p. 21
- 4 Shopping for a Spiritual Teacher p. 28
- 5 Samvega p. 33
- Part 2 Foundations of the Practice p. 41
- 6 Minding Your Mouth p. 42
- 7 Enlightenment in Just Seven Days: Mindfulness 1 p. 50
- 8 The Underrated Wonder of Breathing: Mindfulness 2 p. 55
- 9 Finding Our Bodies: Mindfulness 3 p. 63
- 10 Deliberate Disenchantment: Mindfulness 4 p. 70
- 11 Death Like the Sun: Mindfulness 5 p. 78
- 12 Learning from Feelings: Mindfulness 6 p. 88
- 13 Knowing Our Own Minds: Mindfulness 7 p. 95
- 14 The Buddha's Core Curriculum for Graduating Life: Mindfulness 8 p. 102
- 15 What Is the Role of Thinking? p. 111
- 16 Eating Ice Cream with the Buddha p. 120
- 17 Perpetual Ice Cream p. 126
- 18 Clinging for Dear Life (1): Vocation p. 129
- 19 Clinging for Dear Life (2): Love p. 134
- 20 How Can We Eat for Pleasure? The Parable of the Son's Flesh p. 138
- 21 The Buddha's Most Useful Parable p. 145
- 22 The Buddha Contemplates Milk p. 150
- 23 "Venerable Gotama, Is There a Soul?" p. 155
- 24 Dog on a Leash p. 167
- Part 3 Two Masterpieces p. 175
- 25 A Summary of the Buddha's Teachings: Ratthapala (1) p. 177
- 26 The Great Teenage Refusal: A Buddhist Comedy? [Ratthapala (2)] p. 186
- 27 Je Suis Ajatasattu: Tragedy of the Samannaphala Sutta (1) p. 196
- 28 Tearing up the Planks: Tragedy of the Samannaphala Sutta (2) p. 213.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780881466799
- 0881466794
- OCLC:
- 1053888681
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