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A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack
Contributor(s): Loy, David R. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0791452603     ISBN-13: 9780791452608
Publisher: State University of New York Press
OUR PRICE: $33.20  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2002
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | World - General
- Religion | Buddhism - History
- Religion | Eastern
Dewey: 909.098
LCCN: 2001049415
Series: Suny Religious Studies
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.9" W x 6" L (0.80 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Academic
- Religious Orientation - Buddhist
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Choice 07/01/2002 pg. 1977
 
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Buddhism teaches that to become happy, greed, ill-will, and delusion must be transformed into their positive counterparts: generosity, compassion, and wisdom. The history of the West, like all histories, has been plagued by the consequences of greed, ill-will, and delusion. A Buddhist History of the West investigates how individuals have tried to ground themselves to make themselves feel more real. To be self-conscious is to experience ungroundedness as a sense of lack, but what is lacking has been understood differently in different historical periods. Author David R. Loy examines how the understanding of lack changes at historical junctures and shows how those junctures were so crucial in the development of the West.
 
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