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An introduction to early Buddhist soteriologyfreedom of mind and freedom by wisdom /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	An introduction to early Buddhist soteriologyby G. A. Somaratne.
Reminder of title:	freedom of mind and freedom by wisdom /
Author:	Somaratne, G. A.
Published:	Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :2022.
Description:	xx, 308 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	SalvationBuddhism.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1914-5
ISBN:	9789811919145$q(electronic bk.)

An introduction to early Buddhist soteriologyfreedom of mind and freedom by wisdom /
Somaratne, G. A.

An introduction to early Buddhist soteriologyfreedom of mind and freedom by wisdom /[electronic resource] :by G. A. Somaratne. - Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :2022. - xx, 308 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Defining Buddhist Liberation -- Chapter 3: Conjoining Meditative Appeasing and Meditative Watching -- Chapter 4: Absorptions as Emancipations of Mind -- Chapter 5: Absorptions as Means to Liberation -- Chapter 6: The Boundless States as Absorption Meditations -- Chapter 7: Noble Persons and Mental Fetters -- Chapter 8: Cessation of Perception and Feeling -- Chapter 9: One Emancipated by Wisdom -- Chapter 10: One Emancipated in Two Ways -- Chapter 11: One Emancipated by Faith -- Chapter 12: Lay Arahats -- Chapter 13: Conclusion.

The book offers a comprehensive discussion on the Buddhist liberation and meditation concepts based on the original Pāli scriptures of Theravāda Buddhism. It interprets the early Buddhist soteriology critically and sympathetically by interweaving the Buddhological and the Buddhistic debates on understanding the Buddha's original teaching on bondage, liberation, liberated ones, and meditation. It showcases the liberal and pluralistic character of early Buddhist soteriology by interpreting it psychologically through the lens of the Buddha's recognition of two sets of psychosomatic and epistemic mental configurations active in the human mind. It shows how this dualism pervades the early Buddhist soteriology by pointing out its recognition of craving and ignorance as two causes of suffering; the emancipation of mind and the emancipation by wisdom as two constituents of liberation; and the meditative appeasing and the meditative watching as two methods to attain that liberation. It demonstrates how the Buddha structures a gradual path to liberation enabling individuals to experience many temporary and irreversible secondary goals along the way and allowing them to join the path at any stage appropriate to their temperaments and advancement at a given time and space. The book therefore serves the students and scholars of Buddhism, religion, and psychology to obtain a comprehensive and insightful introduction to Buddhist soteriology. G.A. Somaratne (Ph.D., Northwestern) is Associate Professor in Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong. He is a Sri Lankan scholar in early Buddhism and Pali textual criticism. He was formerly Co-director of Dhammachai Tipiṭaka Project, Rector of Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy, Professor in Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Peradeniya, and Associate Professor in Religion, Miyazaki International College. His previous publications include The Buddha's Teaching: A Buddhistic Analysis (2021) and The Saṃyuttanikāya Volume I (1998)

ISBN: 9789811919145$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-19-1914-5doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

923185
Salvation
--Buddhism.

LC Class. No.: BQ4453

Dewey Class. No.: 294.3422

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