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Meditations of the Pali tradition illuminating Buddhist doctrine, history, and practice / L. S. Cousins ; edited by Sarah Shaw.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cousins, L. S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Meditation--Theravāda Buddhism.
- Meditation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 299 pages.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : Shambhala, [2022].
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-288) and index.
- Editor's introduction by Sarah Shaw -- Introduction -- 1. Jhāna in the commentaries -- 2. Jhāna in the Pali Canon -- 3. Formless attainments in the Pali Canon -- 4. The roots of insight meditation -- 5. Samatha and Vipassanā -- 6. The Sutta on mindfulness with in and out breathing -- 7. The lost meditation tradition from the Silk Road -- 8. The Porāṇa meditation tradition -- 9. The flourishing of insight meditation in modern times -- 10. The varieties of Samatha and Samatha-Vipassanā today -- 11. Jhanā meditation instructions from the Theriya tradition: a translation of Ācariya Buddhadatta's Entrance to Abhidamma, Chapter Fourteen -- Appendix A: Buddhaghosa's classification of forty objects -- Appendix B: Commonly cited passages -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780834844438
- 0834844435
- Publisher Number:
- 40031381378
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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