{"product_id":"selfless-persons-imagery-and-thought-in-theravada-buddhism-paperback-9780521397261","title":"Selfless Persons; Imagery and Thought in Theravada Buddhism (Paperback) 9780521397261","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSelfless Persons\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eImagery and Thought in Theravada Buddhism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explains anatta through cultural, historical and Theravada Buddhist tradition and context.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven Collins (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521397261, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 29 November 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 1.9 cm, 0.455 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'In Selfless Persons, Steven Collins has produced a rare work; a book that, on the one hand, renders the fundamental tenets of Theravada Buddhism not only intelligible but interesting to the uninitiated, and on the other, is unlikely to disappoint the academic specialist, since Collins' approach lacks neither originality nor sound research.  This is a valuable addition to the corpus of Buddhist commentary which the scholar of Buddhism or religious history would be unwise to ignore.' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book seeks to explain carefully and sympathetically the Buddhist doctrine of anatta ('not-self'), which denies the existence of any self, soul or enduring essence in man. The author relates this doctrine to its cultural and historical context, particularly to its Brahmanical background, and shows how the Theravada Buddhist tradition has constructed a philosophical and psychological account of personal identity and continuity on the apparently impossible basis of the denial of self.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Cultural and Social Setting of Buddhist Thought: 1. The origins of rebirth\u003cbr\u003e 2. Varieties of Buddhist discourse\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Doctrine of Not-Slef: 3. The denial of self as 'right view'\u003cbr\u003e 4. Views, attachment, and 'emptiness'\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Personality and Rebirth: 5. The individual of 'conventional truth'\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Neither the same nor different'\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Continuity: 7. Conditioning and consciousness\u003cbr\u003e 8. Momentariness and the bhavanga-mind\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Glossary and index of Pali and Sanskrit terms\u003cbr\u003e General index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Buddhism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Buddhism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Buddhism%20%5BHRE%5D%22\"\u003eHRE\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002862358808,"sku":"9780521397261","price":25.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521397261i_eff0852d-b955-4c9a-beb0-36e93f35ea8d.jpg?v=1691381067","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/selfless-persons-imagery-and-thought-in-theravada-buddhism-paperback-9780521397261","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}