Selfless persons: imagery and thought in Theravāda Buddhism

This book seeks to explain carefully and sympathetically the Buddhist doctrine of anatta ('not-self'), which denies the existence of any self, soul or enduring essence in man. The author relates this doctrine to its cultural and historical context, particularly to its Brahmanical backgroun...

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Main Author: Collins, Steven 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1982
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Summary:This book seeks to explain carefully and sympathetically the Buddhist doctrine of anatta ('not-self'), which denies the existence of any self, soul or enduring essence in man. The author relates this doctrine to its cultural and historical context, particularly to its Brahmanical background, and shows how the Theravada Buddhist tradition has constructed a philosophical and psychological account of personal identity and continuity on the apparently impossible basis of the denial of self
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Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 323 pages)
ISBN:9780511621499
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511621499

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