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The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts

Name: The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts
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SKU: 9780892815531
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Contributors:

Julius Evola

Publisher:

Inner Traditions International

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Religion, Philosophy, Body, Mind & Spirit

Book Subcategory:

Buddhism, Buddhist, Mindfulness & Meditation

Edition Description:

Original Edition

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Release Date:

1996-02-01

ISBN 13:

9780892815531

Weight:

0.7 lbs

Size:

8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inches

Pages:

272

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In a probing analysis of the oldest Buddhist texts, Julius Evola places the doctrine of liberation in its original context. The early teachings, he suggests, offer the foremost example of an active spirituality that is opposed to the more passive, modern forms of theistic religions. This sophisticated, highly readable analysis of the theory and practice of Buddhist asceticism, first published in Italian in 1943, elucidates the central truths of the eightfold path and clears away the later accretions of Buddhist doctrine. Evola describes the techniques for conscious liberation from the world of maya and for achieving the state of transcendence beyond dualistic thinking. Most surprisingly, he argues that the widespread belief in reincarnation is not an original Buddhist tenet. Evola presents actual practices of concentration and visualization, and places them in the larger metaphysical context of the Buddhist model of mind and universe.
The Doctrine of the Awakening is a provocative study of the teachings of the Buddha by one of Europe's most stimulating thinkers.

About the Author
A controversial philosopher and critic of modern Western civilization, Julius Evola (1898-1974) wrote widely on Eastern religions, alchemy, sexuality, politics, and mythology. Inner Traditions has published his Eros and the Mysteries of Love: The Metaphysics of Sex, The Yoga of Power, The Hermetic Tradition, Revolt against the Modern World and Mystery of the Grail.

The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts

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