作者:WESTERHOFF, JAN 出版社:OXFORD UNIV PR 出版日期:2010年09月30日 語言:英文 ISBN:9780195387353 裝訂:精裝
內容簡介TOPTIBETAN BUDDHIST WRITINGS FREQUENTLY STATE THAT MANY OF THE THINGS WE PERCEIVE IN THE WORLD ARE IN FACT ILLUSORY, AS ILLUSORY AS ECHOES OR MIRAGES. IN TWELVE EXAMPLES OF ILLUSION, JAN WESTERHOFF OFFERS AN ENGAGING LOOK AT A DOZEN ILLUSIONS--INCLUDING MAGIC TRICKS, DREAMS, RAINBOWS, AND REFLECTIONS IN A MIRROR--SHOWING HOW THESE PHENOMENA CAN GIVE US INSIGHT INTO REALITY. FOR INSTANCE, HE OFFERS A FASCINATING DISCUSSION OF OPTICAL ILLUSIONS, SUCH AS THE WHEEL OF FIRE (THE "WHEEL" SEEN WHEN A TORCH IS SWUNG RAPIDLY IN A CIRCLE), DISCUSSING TIBETAN EXPLANATIONS OF THIS PHENOMENON AS WELL AS THE FINDINGS OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY, AND SIGNIFICANTLY CLARIFYING THE IDEA THAT MOST PHENOMENA--FROM CHAIRS TO TREES--ARE SIMILAR ILLUSIONS. THE BOOK USES A VARIETY OF CRYSTAL-CLEAR EXAMPLES DRAWN FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF FIELDS, INCLUDING CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE, AS WELL AS THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, OPTICS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, GEOMETRY, ECONOMICS, AND LITERARY THEORY. THROUGHOUT, WESTERHOFF MAKES BOTH BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS AND THE LATEST THEORIES OF MIND AND BRAIN COME ALIVE FOR THE GENERAL READER.
作者:Pine, Red (TRN)出版社:Farrar Straus & Giroux 出版日期:1989年12月01日 語言:英文 ISBN:0865473994裝訂:平裝內容簡介topShares the views of a fifth-century Indian Buddhist monk on the path to spiritual enlightment...
作者:Kohn, Michael H. (TRN)出版社:Random House Inc 出版日期:1991年11月01日 語言:英文 ISBN:0877735204裝訂:平裝內容簡介topWith over fifteen hundred entries and forty-six illustrations, The Shambhala Dictionary of Bu ...
作者:Soho, Takuan出版社:Kodansha Amer Inc 出版日期:1988年03月15日 語言:英文 ISBN:087011851X裝訂:平裝內容簡介topThree essays on swordsmanship focus on confrontation, the relationship of the self and the other, and...
作者:Kraft, Kenneth (EDT)出版社:Pub Group West 出版日期:1989年07月01日 語言:英文 ISBN:080213162X裝訂:平裝內容簡介topZen masters discuss meditation techniques, the master-disciple relationship, the evolution of Jap ...
作者:Nhat Hanh, Thich出版社:Pub Group West 出版日期:1991年01月01日 語言:英文 ISBN:0938077260裝訂:平裝內容簡介top Drawn from original sources, Old Path White Clouds is the beautiful classic recounting of the life...
作者:Kapleau, Philip/ Kapleau, Roshi Philip出版社:Random House Inc 出版日期:1989年08月01日 語言:英文 ISBN:0385261047裝訂:平裝內容簡介topBelieving the Buddhist teachings and traditional ceremonies should be adapted ...
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