Mindfully facing disease and death
Subtitle: compassionate advice from early Buddhist texts
By: Anālayo
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9781909314726
Subjects: Compassion; Buddhism; Death; Diseases; Ānāpānasmr̥ti
Description: "This unique anthology from the Buddha's early discourses focuses on guidance for facing disease and death, and has the overarching theme of anukampā: compassion as the underlying motivation in altruistic action. ... Taken together with Anālayo's practical commentary we gain a first-hand impression of what early Buddhism had to say about disease and death."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-265) and index.