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Not About Being Good: A Practical Guide to Buddhist Ethics
Subhadramati
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Description for Not About Being Good: A Practical Guide to Buddhist Ethics
Paperback. While there are numerous books on Buddhist meditation and philosophy, there are few books that are entirely devoted to the practice of Buddhist ethics. Here Subhadramati, an experienced teacher of meditation and ethics, communicates clearly both their founding principles and the practical methods to embody them. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HREP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 10. Weight in Grams: 306.
While there are numerous books on Buddhist meditation and philosophy, there are few books that are entirely devoted to the practice of Buddhist ethics. Here Subhadramati, an experienced teacher of meditation and ethics, communicates clearly both their founding principles and the practical methods to embody them. She begins by stating that Buddhist ethics don't see human nature as something to be beaten into submission, tamed or domesticated. Buddhism is not trying 'to cure life of itself'. Buddhism is about fulfilling our human nature, not diminishing it, and its ethics are both the means and the expression of this ... Read more
While there are numerous books on Buddhist meditation and philosophy, there are few books that are entirely devoted to the practice of Buddhist ethics. Here Subhadramati, an experienced teacher of meditation and ethics, communicates clearly both their founding principles and the practical methods to embody them. She begins by stating that Buddhist ethics don't see human nature as something to be beaten into submission, tamed or domesticated. Buddhism is not trying 'to cure life of itself'. Buddhism is about fulfilling our human nature, not diminishing it, and its ethics are both the means and the expression of this ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Windhorse Publications
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
314g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909314016
SKU
V9781909314016
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Ref
99-5
About Subhadramati
Subhadramati is a teacher of meditation and Buddhism at the London Buddhist Centre. This is her first book.
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