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Selfless Persons : Imagery and Thought in Theravada Buddhism
Overview
This 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 human beings. 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.
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- ISBN-13: 9780521397261
- ISBN-10: 052139726X
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: November 1990
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.08 x 0.99 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
- Page Count: 336
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