The Six Perfections: Buddhism and the Cultivation of Character - Paperback
by Dale Wright
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199895793ISBN-10:199895791UPC:9780199895793Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Buddhism, PhilosophyBook Topic:Sacred WritingsSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCXPY5ZN24
The Six Perfections: Buddhism and the Cultivation of Character
Here is a lucid, accessible, and inspiring guide to the six perfections--Buddhist teachings about six dimensions of human character that require "perfecting" generosity, morality, tolerance, energy, meditation, and wisdom. Drawing on the Diamond Sutra, the Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom, and other essential Mahayana texts, Dale Wright shows how these teachings were understood and practiced in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199895793ISBN-10:199895791UPC:9780199895793Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Buddhism, PhilosophyBook Topic:Sacred WritingsSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCXPY5ZN24
Dale Wright is David B. and Mary H. Gamble Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and Asian Studies at Occidental College and the author of Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism and, co-edited with Steven Heine, a series of five OUP books on Zen Buddhism.
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