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H.G. Wells has been branded as a novelist who betrayed his vocation. But Wells saw himself as what we would today call a public intellectual. How credible is this claim? And what happens when we look at him in this way? So typecast has Wells's reputation...

Simone Weil was one of the most profound and thought-provoking thinkers of the twentieth century. An intellectual prodigy from an early age in both the sciences and the arts, she was at different times a teacher, factory and farm labourer, and political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788478089604Author Eihei DogenFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Editorial SirioPublisher Editorial SirioWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 147mm *...

Could physicalism be compatible with Buddhist goals and practices? Mark Siderits considers a question that has the potential to altogether change our understanding of Buddhism. Buddhist Physicalism? is by necessity a work of fusion philosophy -- a...

A renowned Buddhist teacher turns to two of the most influential figures in history for guidance on how to face the ethical challenges of our time The Buddha's revolutionary teachings transformed Asia, and his contemporary Socrates laid the foundations...

Just Awakening uncovers a forgotten philosophy of social democracy inspired by Yogacara, an ancient, nondualistic Buddhist philosophy that claims everything in the perceptible cosmos is mere consciousness and consists of multiple karmically connected yet...

Just Awakening uncovers a forgotten philosophy of social democracy inspired by Yogacara, an ancient, nondualistic Buddhist philosophy that claims everything in the perceptible cosmos is mere consciousness and consists of multiple karmically connected yet...

Winner of the 2021 Toshihide Numata Book Award in BuddhismThe assertion that there is nothing in the constitution of any person that deserves to be considered the self (atman)-a permanent, unchanging kernel of personal identity in this life and those to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143037804Author Rajiv MehrotraFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.Publisher J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.

In the last 30 years, embodied, embedded, enactive, and extended (4E) accounts of mind and experience have flourished. A more cosmopolitan and pluralistic approach to the philosophy of mind has also emerged, drawing on analytic, phenomenological,...

Most Indian and Tibetan religious traditions have some theory of yogic perception-a profound type of sentience afforded by meditative practice. And most consider it the bedrock of their religious authority, the primary means by which one gains spiritual...

In the last 30 years, embodied, embedded, enactive, and extended (4E) accounts of mind and experience have flourished. A more cosmopolitan and pluralistic approach to the philosophy of mind has also emerged, drawing on analytic, phenomenological,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647254087Author June JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 278Imprint NY Research PressPublisher NY Research PressWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The motivation behind this important volume is to weave together two distinct, but we think complementary, traditions - the philosophical engagement with race/whiteness and Buddhist philosophy - in order to explore the ways in which these traditions can...

Human experience is not confined to waking life. Do experiences in dreams matter? Humans are not the only living beings who have experiences. Does nonhuman experience matter? The Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu, writing during the late fourth and early...

The Buddhist philosophical tradition is vast, internally diverse, and comprises texts written in a variety of canonical languages. It is hence often difficult for those with training in Western philosophy who wish to approach this tradition for the first...

The Moon Points Back comprises essays by both established scholars in Buddhist and Western philosophy and young scholars contributing to cross-cultural philosophy. It continues the program of Pointing at the Moon (Oxford University Press, 2009),...

The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shobogenzo) is the masterwork of Dogen (1200-1253), founder of the Soto Zen Buddhist sect in Kamakura-era Japan. It is one of the most important Zen Buddhist collections, composed during a period of remarkable...

This is a book for scholars of Western philosophy who wish to engage with Buddhist philosophy, or who simply want to extend their philosophical horizons. It is also a book for scholars of Buddhist studies who want to see how Buddhist theory articulates...

The present geopolitical rise of India and China evokes much interest in the comparative study of these two ancient Asian cultures. There are various studies comparing Western and Indian philosophies and religions, and there are similar works comparing...

H.G. Wells has been branded as a novelist who betrayed his vocation. But Wells saw himself as what we would today call a public intellectual. How credible is this claim? And what happens when we look at him in this way? So typecast has Wells's reputation...

Since the Buddha did not fully explain the theory of persons that underlies his teaching, in later centuries a number of different interpretations were developed. This book presents the interpretation by the celebrated Indian Buddhist philosopher,...

Based on newly discovered texts, this book explores the barely known but tremendously influential thought of the Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Mabja Jangchub Tsoendru (d. 1185).This Tibetan Buddhist master exercised significant influence on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980502220Author Dr Peter OldmeadowFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Shogam PublicationsPublisher Shogam PublicationsWeight(grams) 346g

Candrakirti's Introduction to the Middle Way (Madhyamakavatara) is a central work of Buddhist philosophy for two reasons. First, it provides an introduction to Madhyamaka, one of the three major philosophical schools of Buddhist thought (the other two...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980502213Author Padmasiri de SilvaFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Shogam PublicationsPublisher Shogam PublicationsWeight(grams) 488g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062991065Author Dr Kristin NeffFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551118536Author Cyrus PanjvaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Broadview Press LtdPublisher Broadview Press Ltd

Providing a rigorous analysis of Buddhist ways of understanding religious diversity, this book develops a new foundation for cross-cultural understanding of religious diversity in our time. Examining the complexity and uniqueness of Buddha's approach to...

This is a beautiful translation by John Farndon (with Olga Nakston) of the late Ravil Bukharaev's literary existential novel memoir in which he explains to his wife how his Muslim faith and ideals influenced both his love for her and his understanding...

In Buddhism As Philosophy, Mark Siderits makes the Buddhist philosophical tradition accessible to a Western audience. Offering generous selections from the canonical Buddhist texts and providing an engaging, analytical introduction to the fundamental...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949163209Author BuddhapalitaFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614296430Author Yeshe Geshe ThabkheFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861714483Author J.F. Marc des JardinsFormat HardbackPage Count 796Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627877473Author Naichen ChenFormat HardbackPage Count 454Imprint WheatmarkPublisher WheatmarkWeight(grams) 835gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 29mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952692031Author Thich Nhat HanhFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Parallax PressPublisher Parallax PressWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 132mm...

The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shobogenzo) is the masterwork of Dogen (1200-1253), founder of the Soto Zen Buddhist sect in Kamakura-era Japan. It is one of the most important Zen Buddhist collections, composed during a period of remarkable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781573223331Author Thich Nhat HanhFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Riverhead BooksPublisher Riverhead BooksWeight(grams) 181g

Being and Ambiguity is a brilliant work of philosophy, filled with insights, jokes, and topical examples. Professor Ziporyn draws on the works of such Western thinkers as Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, Freud, Sartre, and Hegel, but develops his main argument...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781429096348Author Gary SnyderFormat HardbackPage Count 16Imprint Applewood BooksPublisher Applewood BooksWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm) 155mm * 107mm *...