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A New Buddhist Path
Enlightenment, Evolution, and Ethics in the Modern World
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About this book
Engage with a new vision of Buddhism and the modern world with the bestselling author of Money Sex War Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution.
David R. Loy addresses head-on the most pressing issues of Buddhist philosophy in our time. What is the meaning of enlightenment--is it an escape from the world, or is it a form of psychological healing? How can one reconcile modern scientific theory with ancient religious teachings? What is our role in the universe?
Loy shows us that neither Buddhism nor secular society by itself is sufficient to answer these questions. Instead, he investigates the unexpected intersections of the two. Through this exchange, he uncovers a new Buddhist way, one that is faithful to the important traditions of Buddhism but compatible with modernity. This way, we can see the world as it is truly is, realize our indivisibility from it, and learn that the world's problems are our problems. This is a new path for a new world.
David R. Loy addresses head-on the most pressing issues of Buddhist philosophy in our time. What is the meaning of enlightenment--is it an escape from the world, or is it a form of psychological healing? How can one reconcile modern scientific theory with ancient religious teachings? What is our role in the universe?
Loy shows us that neither Buddhism nor secular society by itself is sufficient to answer these questions. Instead, he investigates the unexpected intersections of the two. Through this exchange, he uncovers a new Buddhist way, one that is faithful to the important traditions of Buddhism but compatible with modernity. This way, we can see the world as it is truly is, realize our indivisibility from it, and learn that the world's problems are our problems. This is a new path for a new world.
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INDEX
A
Abrahamic traditions, 5
Adam and Eve story, 46, 107
cosmological dualism, 19–20
men-over-women hierarchy, 24
on morality (good vs. evil), 21–22, 107–8
on social justice, 105
Abrams, Nancy Ellen, 100
accommodation of Buddhism with the state, 116–17
acquiring things outside ourselves: desire for, 119–20, 124–25
activism, bodhisattva/awakened, 128, 130–33, 142
Adam and Eve story, 46, 107
adaptive mutation, 84–85
addiction to desire, 16–17
admission of women into the sangha, 12–13, 115
Advaita Vedanta, 54, 87–88
Agganna Sutta, 74
aggression. See ill will
Aitken, Robert, 87
all-self and no-self, 60
ambiguity in Buddhism, 4–6, 7, 9–10
American dream, 120
Amos, 109
Ananda and the admission of women into the sangha, 12–13, 115
annihilationism, 39
anxiety, 9, 16–17, 36, 124
Archimedes, 22
arising. See conditioned arising
Aronson, Harvey, 26–27, 37
Buddhist Practice on Western Ground, 30
Astasahasrika Sutra, 48
Athenian democracy, 22, 24, 112
attachment. See healthy attachment; nonattachment
Atthakavagga Sutta, 16–17
Aurobindo, Sri, 88
awakened activism. See bodhisattva activism
awakening (enlightenment), 39, 40, 49, 87, 129, 141–42
ambiguity in, 4–6, 7
collective enlightenment, 103
desire for as the urge of the universe, 86, 102
Dogen on, 20, 51
of emptiness, 141–42
experiences of, 53; Dogen’s awakening, 53, 86
helping others as, 129
idealization of, 32
ignorance vs., 113–18; vs. good vs. evil, 114
letting go of the sense of self, 20, 51–54, 99...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: In Quest of a Modern Buddhism
- Path
- Story
- Challenge
- Conclusion: Reflections on Karma and Rebirth
- Acknowledgments
- Recommended Books
- Index
- About the Author
- More Books by David R. Loy
- About Wisdom Publications
- Copyright