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A Critique of Western Buddhism : Ruins of the Buddhist Real / Glenn Wallis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wallis, Glenn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 pages)
- Other Title:
- Knowledge Unlatched.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- What are we to make of Western Buddhism? Glenn Wallis argues that in aligning their tradition with the contemporary wellness industry, Western Buddhists evade the consequences of Buddhist thought. This book shows that with concepts such as vanishing, nihility, extinction, contingency, and no-self, Buddhism, like all potent systems of thought, articulates a notion of the "real." Raw, unflinching acceptance of this real is held by Buddhism to be at the very core of human "awakening." Yet these preeminent human truths are universally against contemporary Buddhist practice, contravening the very heart of Buddhism.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- KU Select 2019: HSS Backlist Books
- ISBN:
- 9781474283557
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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