Nikaya Buddhism and Early Chan: A Different Meditative Paradigm
Author:   Grzegorz Polak
Publisher:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
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9781800504240


Pages:   406
Publication Date:   15 June 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Grzegorz Polak
Publisher:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Weight:   0.395kg
ISBN:  

9781800504240


ISBN 10:   1800504241
Pages:   406
Publication Date:   15 June 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. The Right and Wrong Forms of Meditation 2. Calm and Insight, Concentration and Wisdom 3. The World of Experience 4. Meditative Cessation as a Process of Cognitive Deconstruction 5. Can there be a Methodless Meditation? 6. Meditation as an Extension of a Specific Way of Life 7. Calming the Mind through Awareness 8. Beyond Method 9. Conclusions

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Grzegorz Polak is an associate professor in the Institute of Philosophy at the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin. His research interests include philosophical and meditative ideas of Nikaya Buddhism, early Chan, and comparative study of Buddhism and Western philosophy. He is the author of Reexamining Jhana: Towards a Critical Reconstruction of Early Buddhist Soteriology and several articles.

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