[PDF.78cs] The Forerunner of All Things: Buddhaghosa on Mind, Intention, and Agency

The Forerunner of All Things: Buddhaghosa on Mind, Intention, and Agency

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 | #1441498 in Books |  2013-10-10 |  2013-10-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.10 x.70 x9.10l,1.65 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| Terrific, serious, thorough|By Interested Reader|Not for everyone, terrific. Scholarly investigation into cetana with an emphasis on Buddhaghosa's interpretation. For me, very useful. I have struggled with the idea of free will in Buddhist thought. Heim puts the topic of cetana in the context of Buddhist thought and Western philosophy, psychology, ethics, and religion. Dis| ||"This book will be a major contribution to scholarship in Buddhist Studies, as well as to the discipline of moral psychology more generally. The scholarship is impeccable, the attention to canonical material and secondary literature in Buddhist Studies as wel

Scholars have long been intrigued by the Buddha's defining action (karma) as intention. This book explores systematically how intention and agency were interpreted in all genres of early Theravada thought. It offers a philosophical exploration of intention and motivation as they are investigated in Buddhist moral psychology. At stake is how we understand karma, the nature of moral experience, and the possibilities for freedom.

In contrast to many studies that a...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Forerunner of All Things: Buddhaghosa on Mind, Intention, and Agency   |  Maria Heim. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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