Skillful Means: The Heart of Buddhist Compassion
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Buddhist Tradition Series
Book: Author
Edition
1st. ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9788120819993
Length
193p., 9.0 inch X 6.0 inch
Subjects
This book analyzes one of the most important ideas in Buddhist philosophy: the doctrine of “skilful means.” John Schroeder presents a fresh analysis of a familiar subject, thus providing a new way of understanding Buddhist thought. He argues that Buddhism is best understood as Philosophy of practice- or a “metapraxis”-and that terms such as “emptiness,” “non-self,” and “nirvana” refer less to ...
