Understanding Buddhism

By Nolan Pliny Jacobson

Book Overview

Jacobson presents Buddhism unen­cumbered by Western categories and concepts, free from the cognitive bias, from the concept-oriented, definition-minded preoccupations inherited from the ancient Greeks. It is an interpreta­tion of the central ideas that have charac­terized all forms of Buddhism for 25centuries.

Kenneth K. Inada notes that "Jacobson has explored a field with authority and force. . . . He is at the 'cutting edge' where others must now listen and follow."

According to Herbert Guenther, "This book is undoubtedly a major contribu­tion to the field of sociophilosophical and sociocultural studies and to an under­standing of the impact Buddhist thinking has on the contemporary Western mind."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809312247
• ISBN13: 9780809312245
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 6.0"