TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wright,Dale Stuart
TI  - What is Buddhist enlightenment?
SN  - 9780190622602
AV  - BQ4398 
U1  - 294.3/442 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Enlightenment (Buddhism)
KW  - Illumination (Bouddhisme)
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Buddhist)
KW  - Zen)
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction: why ask what enlightenment is? -- 1. The Bodhisattva's practice of enlightenment -- 2. The awakening of character as an image of contemporary enlightenment -- 3. Secular Buddhism and the religious dimension of enlightenment -- 4. Enlightenment and the experience of Karma -- 5. Enlightenment and the moral dimension of Zen training -- 6. Enlightenment and the persistence of human fallibility -- 7. The thought of enlightenment and the dilemma of human achievement -- 8. Language in Zen enlightenment -- 9. Enlightenment and the practice of meditative reading -- 10. From the thought of enlightenment to the event of awakening -- Conclusion: ten theses on contemporary enlightenment
N2  - Dale Wright offers a wide-ranging exploration of issues that have a bearing on the contemporary meaning of enlightenment. He considers the historical meanings of enlightenment within various Buddhist traditions, but does so in order to expand on the larger question that our lives press upon us-what kinds of lives should we aspire to live here, now, and into the future?
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