Selfless Persons
Download or Read eBook Selfless Persons PDF written by Steven Collins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Steven Collins |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 1982 |
| ISBN-10 | : 052139726X |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780521397261 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (6X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Selfless Persons by : Steven Collins
Book excerpt: This book seeks to explain carefully and sympathetically the Buddhist doctrine of anatta ('not-self'), which denies the existence of any self, soul or enduring essence in human beings. The author relates this doctrine to its cultural and historical context, particularly to its Brahmanical background, and shows how the Theravada Buddhist tradition has constructed a philosophical and psychological account of personal identity and continuity on the apparently impossible basis of the denial of self.
