The Selfless Mind : Personality, Consciousness and Nirvana in Early Buddhism PDF
by Peter Harvey
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This careful analysis of early Buddhist thought opens out a perspective in which no permanent Self is accepted, but a rich analysis of changing and potent mental processes is developed.
It explores issues relating to the not-Self teaching: self-development, moral responsibility, the between-lives period, and the 'undetermined questions' on the world, on the 'life principle' and on the liberated one after death.
It examines the 'person' as a flowing continuity centred on consciousness or discernment (vinnana) configured in changing minds-sets (cittas).
The resting state of this is seen as 'brightly shining' - like the 'Buddha nature' of Mahayana thought - so as to represent the potential for Nirvana.
Nirvana is then shown to be a state in which consciousness transcends all objects, and thus participates in a timeless, unconditioned realm.
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- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:13/09/2013
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- ISBN:9781136783296
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:13/09/2013
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- ISBN:9781136783296