{"product_id":"early-buddhist-teachings-9781614294528","title":"Early Buddhist Teachings","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Y. Karunadasa\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wisdom Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wisdom Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Buddhism - Theravada\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA clear, elegant exploration of the basic teachings of early Buddhism, ideal for both general readers and scholars.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiscover the birth of Buddhism and the essentials of Buddhist teachings with this clear, comprehensive explanation of early Buddhism's key doctrines. You'll come away with: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e insight into the beginning of Buddhism and the significance of its core beliefs--dependent arising, non-self, moral life, the diagnosis of the human condition, the critique of theoretical views, and the nature of Nibbana; a lucid understanding of the Buddha's challenge to the concept of the subject as a self-entity and the reality of both the subject and object, perceiver and perceived, as a dynamic process; a grasp of early Buddhist teachings as representing a middle position (equally aloof from spiritual eternalism and materialist annihilation) and a middle path (equally aloof from self-mortification and sensual indulgence); and the experience of the Buddha's teachings on attaining liberation as comprehensible, sensible, and something we can make part of our own practice. \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wisdom Publications","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45356129747095,"sku":"9781614294528","price":1727.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781614294528.webp?v=1769291948","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/early-buddhist-teachings-9781614294528","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}