What the Buddha thought

Gombrich, Richard F. 1937-

What the Buddha thought [electronic resource] / Richard Gombrich. - London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2009. - xv, 240 p. - Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies monographs . - Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies monographs. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-232) and index.

More about karma, and its social context -- The antecedents of the karma doctrine in Brahminism -- Jain antecedents -- What did the Buddha mean by "no soul"? -- The Buddha's positive values: love and compassion -- Assessing the evidence -- Everything is burning: the centrality of fire in the Bddha's thought -- Causation and non-random process -- Cognition; language; nirvana -- The Buddha's pragmatism and intellectual style -- The Buddha as satirist; brahmin terms as social metaphors -- Is this book to be believed?


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