After buddhism
Subtitle: rethinking the Dharma for a secular age
By: Stephen Batchelor
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9780300205183
Subjects: Doctrines; Buddhism; Dharma (Buddhism)
Description: "This original and provocative book presents a new framework for understanding the remarkable spread of Buddhism in today's globalized world. It also reminds us of what was so startling about the Buddha's vision of human flourishing,"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-371) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: After Buddhism; title: Mahānāma: The convert; title: A fourfold task; title: Pasenadi: The King; title: Letting go of truth; title: Sunakkhatta: The traitor; title: Experience; title: Jīvaka: The doctor; title: The everday sublime; title: Ānanda: The attendant; title: A culture of awakening; title: Afterword; title: Selected discourses from the Pali Canon; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.