Wisdom as a way of life : Theravāda Buddhism reimagined /

In this wide-ranging and field-changing work Steven Collins argues that the study of Theravada Buddhism needs to separated from the rather dated and stagnant field of textual history and approached both "civilizationally" and as a "practice of the self." By civilizationally, he m...

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Main Author:	Collins, Steven, 1951-2018 (Author)
Other Authors:	McDaniel, Justin (Editor), Hallisey, Charles, 1953- (writer of afterword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Buddhist philosophy. Theravāda Buddhism. Anātman. Self (Philosophy)