Why Buddhism Is True
The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
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Word Count
80,250 words, Guess
Page Count
321 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL26424912M
- ISBN-139781439195451
- OCLC Control Number989810980
- OCLC Control Numberwhybuddhismistru0000wrig
- Library of Congress Control Number2016041766
Classifications
- LCCBQ4050.W75 2017
Description
At the heart of Buddhism is a simple claim: The reason we suffer—and the reason we make other people suffer—is that we don’t see the world clearly. At the heart of Buddhist meditative practice is a radical promise: We can learn to see the world, including ourselves, more clearly and so gain a deep and morally valid happiness. This book is the culmination of a personal journey that began with Wright’s landmark book on evolutionary psychology, The Moral Animal, and deepened as he immersed himself in meditative practice and conversed with some of the world’s most skilled meditators. The result is a story that is “provocative, informative and...deeply rewarding” (The New York Times Book Review), and as entertaining as it is illuminating. Written with the wit, clarity, and grace for which Wright is famous, Why Buddhism Is True lays the foundation for a spiritual life in a secular age and shows how, in a time of technological distraction and social division, we can save ourselves from ourselves, both as individuals and as a species.
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xii, 321 pages ; 24 cm
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