The selfless mind : personality, consciousness and nirv a in early Buddhism / Peter Harvey
1995. Surrey : Curzon Press. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #442693
ISBN: 0700703381
Physical description: 293 pages ; 22 cm. Contents: pt. I. Exploring the Notion of Selflessness. 1. The Question of Self. 2. The Meaning of 'Not-Self'. 3. Developing a Self Without Boundaries. 4. Personal Continuity and Responsibility. 5. My World and Its End. 6. The Life-Principle and the Between-Lives State -- pt. II. Samsaric and Nibbanic Discernment. 7. The Centrality of Discernment. 8. Discernment and Conditioned Arising. 9. Discernment and the Perceptual Process. 10. Bhavanga and the Brightly Shining Mind. 11. Nibbana as the Timeless 'Stopping' of the Entire Personality. 12. Nibbana as a Transformed State of Discernment. 13. Seeking the Tathagata -- 14. Conclusion -- Appendix: The Theory of the Process of Cittas. Subjects: Nirvana. Buddhism Doctrines. Buddhism Psychology. Consciousness Religious aspects Buddhism.
Price: €65.00