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Why Were We Born? Essays on Life and Enlightenment - 1st Edition

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Why Were We Born? includes a representative selection of talks given over the span of his teaching career and to a wide variety of audiences. Brought together here for the first time, these talks range from "The Way to Buddadhamma" given in 1940 to traditional Thai Buddhists to "The Prison of Life" given in 1988 to an international group of Meditators. Most of these selactions have been newly translated for this volume and all have been significantly revised in consultation with the Thai originals, in hope of presrnting Buddhadasa's teachings as honestly and directly as possible Content - Editor's Introduction - Why Were We Born? - Happiness and Hunger - A Different Kind of Birth - No Religion - The Prison of Life - The Way to Buddhadhamma - Spiritual Exchange in the Midst of Combat - About Suan Mokkh

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Why Were We Born? Essays on Life and Enlightenment - 1st Edition, Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, Phra Thēpwisutthimēthī, Ngư̄am, Stephen A. Evans

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Titre
Why Were We Born? Essays on Life and Enlightenment - 1st Edition
Langue
Anglais
Publié
2008
Format
souple
Pages
259
ISBN10
9748132323
ISBN13
9789748132327
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Why Were We Born? includes a representative selection of talks given over the span of his teaching career and to a wide variety of audiences. Brought together here for the first time, these talks range from "The Way to Buddadhamma" given in 1940 to traditional Thai Buddhists to "The Prison of Life" given in 1988 to an international group of Meditators. Most of these selactions have been newly translated for this volume and all have been significantly revised in consultation with the Thai originals, in hope of presrnting Buddhadasa's teachings as honestly and directly as possible Content - Editor's Introduction - Why Were We Born? - Happiness and Hunger - A Different Kind of Birth - No Religion - The Prison of Life - The Way to Buddhadhamma - Spiritual Exchange in the Midst of Combat - About Suan Mokkh