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Respecting Diversity in Ageing

Breaking the circle : death and the afterlife in Buddhism / Carl B. Becker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1993.Description: x, 194 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0809318458 (alk. paper)
  • 0809319322 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 3257232764 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3423 20 B3952 1993
LOC classification:
  • BQ4530 .B43 1993
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
List(s) this item appears in: Spirituality | Death and Bereavement
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Book or Printed Material Book or Printed Material Main Library Library Main Collection 294.3423 B3952 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available IMUAC037625
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291.178321 N478 2004 Caring for dying people of different faiths / 291.351 C3298 2001 Pilgrimage / 294.3 L231 2011 Buddhism for dummies / 294.3423 B3952 1993 Breaking the circle : 294.5924 Ab46 1996 Bhagavad-Gītā as it is / 296.41 M6528 2011 Angels at the table : 296.431 H4666 2007 Celebrate Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur /

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.

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