Breaking the circle :
Becker, Carl B., 1951-
Breaking the circle : : death and the afterlife in Buddhism / / Carl B. Becker. Carl B. Becker.
Carbondale : : Southern Illinois University Press,, c1993. - x, 194 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-185) and index.
1. Rebirth in Early Buddhism. The Importance of Rebirth. Rebirth and Identity. Difficulties with Rebirth -- 2. The Nirvana Alternative. Annihilation. Eternal Life. An Ethical State in This World. A Selfless State of Postmortem Existence -- 3. The Afterlife in Pure Land Buddhism. The Mahayana Idea of Merit Transference. Bodhisattvas. Buddha Fields. Descriptions of the Pure Land. The Ontology of the Pure Land -- 4. Finding the Pure Land Oneself. Meditation in Theory and Practice. Deathbed Visions. Implications for Modern Scholarship -- 5. Tibetan Buddhism and the Book of the Dead. The Tibetan Worldview. Pre-Buddhist Tibetan Philosophy and Religion. Vajrayana Buddhism. The Book of the Dead. Philosophical Issues -- 6. Models for Survival. An Afterlife Conforming to Personal Expectations. Reincarnation. An Ethereal Astral World. An Ideational Next World. Impersonal Transcendental States. Possible Afterlife Scenarios. The Afterlife and Rewards for Goodness. 7. Buddhist Ethics of Death and Dying. Death, Dying, and Bioethics in Japan. Buddhism and the Acceptance of Death. Early Buddhist Views of Suicide and Euthanasia. Buddhist Suicide and Dignified Death in Japan. Samurai Seppuku and Euthanasia. Rights and Responsibilities.
Text in German.
0809318458 (alk. paper) 0809319322 (pbk. : alk. paper) 3257232764 (pbk)
92043710
Future life--Buddhism.
Death--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
BQ4530 / .B43 1993
294.3423 / B3952 1993
Breaking the circle : : death and the afterlife in Buddhism / / Carl B. Becker. Carl B. Becker.
Carbondale : : Southern Illinois University Press,, c1993. - x, 194 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-185) and index.
1. Rebirth in Early Buddhism. The Importance of Rebirth. Rebirth and Identity. Difficulties with Rebirth -- 2. The Nirvana Alternative. Annihilation. Eternal Life. An Ethical State in This World. A Selfless State of Postmortem Existence -- 3. The Afterlife in Pure Land Buddhism. The Mahayana Idea of Merit Transference. Bodhisattvas. Buddha Fields. Descriptions of the Pure Land. The Ontology of the Pure Land -- 4. Finding the Pure Land Oneself. Meditation in Theory and Practice. Deathbed Visions. Implications for Modern Scholarship -- 5. Tibetan Buddhism and the Book of the Dead. The Tibetan Worldview. Pre-Buddhist Tibetan Philosophy and Religion. Vajrayana Buddhism. The Book of the Dead. Philosophical Issues -- 6. Models for Survival. An Afterlife Conforming to Personal Expectations. Reincarnation. An Ethereal Astral World. An Ideational Next World. Impersonal Transcendental States. Possible Afterlife Scenarios. The Afterlife and Rewards for Goodness. 7. Buddhist Ethics of Death and Dying. Death, Dying, and Bioethics in Japan. Buddhism and the Acceptance of Death. Early Buddhist Views of Suicide and Euthanasia. Buddhist Suicide and Dignified Death in Japan. Samurai Seppuku and Euthanasia. Rights and Responsibilities.
Text in German.
0809318458 (alk. paper) 0809319322 (pbk. : alk. paper) 3257232764 (pbk)
92043710
Future life--Buddhism.
Death--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
BQ4530 / .B43 1993
294.3423 / B3952 1993
