Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory: The Dharma of Natural Systems

by Joanna R. Macy and Joanna Macy

Book Overview

This book brings important new dimensions to the interface between contemporary Western science and ancient Eastern wisdom. Here for the first time the concepts and insights of general systems theory are presented in tandem with those of the Buddha. Remarkable convergences appear between core Buddhist teachings and the systems view of reality, arising in our century from biology and extending into the social and cognitive sciences. Giving a cogent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791406377
• ISBN13: 9780791406373
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.9"