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1 online resource (486 pages) : illustrations. |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Place of publication from publisher's website. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
In the early twentieth century, Uchiyama Gud, Seno'o Gir, Lin Qiuwu, and others advocated a Buddhism that was radical in two respects. Firstly, they adopted a more or less naturalist stance with respect to Buddhist doctrine and related matters, rejecting karma or other supernatural beliefs. And secondly, they held political and economic views that were radically anti-hegemonic, anti-capitalist, and revolutionary. Taking the idea of such a "radical Buddhism" seriously, A Buddha Land in This World: Philosophy, Utopia, and Radical Buddhism asks whether it is possible to develop a philosophy that is simultaneously naturalist, anti-capitalist, Buddhist, and consistent. Rather than a study of radical Buddhism, then, this book is an attempt to radicalize it. The foundations of this "radicalized radical Buddhism" are provided by a realist interpretation of Yogcra, elucidated and elaborated with some help from thinkers in the broader Tiantai/Tendai tradition and American philosophers Donald Davidson and W.V.O. Quine. A key implication of this foundation is that only this world and only this life are real, from which it follows that if Buddhism aims to alleviate suffering, it has to do so in this world and in this life. Twentieth-century radical Buddhists (as well as some engaged Buddhists) came to a similar conclusion, often expressed in their aim to realize "a Buddha land in this world. Building on this foundation, but also on Mahyna moral philosophy, this book argues for an ethics and social philosophy based on a definition of evil as that what is or should be expected to cause death or suffering. On that ground, capitalism should be rejected indeed, but utopianism must be treated with caution as well, which raises questions about what it means - from a radicalized radical Buddhist perspective - to aim for a Buddha land in this world. |
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Buddhism -- Doctrines.
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Buddhism -- Philosophy.
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Bouddhisme -- Doctrines.
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Bouddhisme -- Philosophie.
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PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist
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Buddhism -- Doctrines
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Buddhism -- Philosophy
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brons, Lajos. Buddha land in this world. [Goleta, California] : Punctum Books, 2022 1685710344 (OCoLC)1314413383 |
| ISBN |
9781685710354 (electronic bk.) |
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1685710352 (electronic bk.) |
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1685710344 |
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9781685710347 |
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AU@ 000072134966 |
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