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Asura's Harp: Engagement with Language as a Buddhist Path

Dennis Hirota

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Description:Asura's Harp discusses the understanding of language and its role in religious awakening in a major stream of Mahayana Buddhist tradition. It focuses on the Pure Land Buddhist thought of Shinran (1173–1263), one of the most consequential thinkers in Japanese history. Unlike monastic traditions that seek the eradication of delusional attachments through transcendence of ordinary thought and speech, Shinran teaches that human existence is inevitably characterized by linguisticality and that the genuinely practicable path to realization lies in engagement with language.Asura's Harp represents a groundwork for conversation between contemporary Western thought and one of Asia's most prominent traditions of Buddhist praxis.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Asura's Harp: Engagement with Language as a Buddhist Path. To get started finding Asura's Harp: Engagement with Language as a Buddhist Path, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 156

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Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg

Release: 2006

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Description: Asura's Harp discusses the understanding of language and its role in religious awakening in a major stream of Mahayana Buddhist tradition. It focuses on the Pure Land Buddhist thought of Shinran (1173–1263), one of the most consequential thinkers in Japanese history. Unlike monastic traditions that seek the eradication of delusional attachments through transcendence of ordinary thought and speech, Shinran teaches that human existence is inevitably characterized by linguisticality and that the genuinely practicable path to realization lies in engagement with language.Asura's Harp represents a groundwork for conversation between contemporary Western thought and one of Asia's most prominent traditions of Buddhist praxis.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Asura's Harp: Engagement with Language as a Buddhist Path. To get started finding Asura's Harp: Engagement with Language as a Buddhist Path, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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