Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 361338 Title: Essentials of Buddhist Philosophy with Bee Scherer: Introducing the key concepts of Indian Buddhist thought Author: Bee Scherer Narrator: Bee Scherer Format: Unabridged Length: 03:39:58 Language: English Release date: 03-22-18 Publisher: Findaway Voices Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Philosophy, Mindfulness & Meditation Summary: This course introduces key concepts of Indian Buddhist thought. Over 5 lectures Bee explains the fundamental themes and problems of Buddhist Philosophy; from the early Buddhist teachings on suffering, karma and No-Self, to the later scholasticism and the famous schools of thought around emptiness and mind-only. Each chapter introduces another layer of Buddhist philosophical development and depth. The course forms a very clear and intriguing introduction to the wealth of Buddhist thought. 1: Introduction Buddhism as religion, philosophy or psychology? Modernism and Buddhist thought; the Buddha and the Four Noble Truths 2: Understanding the Four Noble Truths unsatisfactoriness, afflicting emotions, nirvana and the eightfold Path 3: Buddhist psychology of no-self heaps of grasping, dependent arising and cause & effect (karma) 4: Buddhist ontology. Scholasticism and reality (Abhidharma); perfection of wisdom and emptiness (Madhyamaka) 5: Buddhist metaphysics. Mind and Buddha-Nature. Professor Bee Scherer, PhD is a long-time practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism and has been globally teaching as a Buddhist teacher.After the study of classics, Indic (Sanskrit, Pli, Prakrits) and Tibetan philology in Germany and the United States, completed by a PhD (Groningen, The Netherlands 2002), Bee is chair (full professor) of Buddhism atVrije Universiteit(VU) Amsterdam. Prof. Scherer has authored more than a dozen monographs and edited volumes in various languages, among which features the substantialIntroduction to Buddhism(2005, in German) with a foreword by H.H. the 14thDalai Lama. Contact: [email protected]

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