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" What the Buddha thought / "
Richard Gombrich
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BL
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647695
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Gombrich, Richard F., (Richard Francis),1937-
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| Title & Author
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What the Buddha thought /\ Richard Gombrich
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| Publication Statement
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London ;Oakville, CT :: Equinox Pub.,, 2009
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Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies monographs
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xv, 240 p. ;; 25 cm
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9781845536145 (pb)
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: 9781845536121 (hb)
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: 1845536126 (hb)
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: 1845536142 (pb)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-232) and index
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| Contents
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More about karma, and its social context -- The antecedents of the karma doctrine in Brahminism -- Jain antecedents -- What did the Buddha mean by "no soul"? -- The Buddha's positive values: love and compassion -- Assessing the evidence -- Everything is burning: the centrality of fire in the Bddha's thought -- Causation and non-random process -- Cognition; language; nirvana -- The Buddha's pragmatism and intellectual style -- The Buddha as satirist; brahmin terms as social metaphors -- Is this book to be believed?
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Gautama Buddha-- Teachings
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| Dewey Classification
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294.3/63
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BQ915.G66 2009
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