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The Doctrine of Awakening The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts

Paperback • 1996 • English

The Doctrine of Awakening The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts

By Julius Evola

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In a probing analysis of the oldest Buddhist texts, Julius Evola places the doctrine of liberation in its original context. The early teachings, he suggests, offer the foremost example of an active spirituality that is opposed to the more passive, modern forms of theistic religions. This sophisticated, highly readable analysis of the theory and practice of Buddhist asceticism, first published in Italian in 1943 , elucidates the central truths of the eightfold path and clears away the later accre...Show more

Buddhism: branches and groups
Theravada Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism

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9780892815531

Publisher

Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

The Doctrine of Awakening The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts

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Paperback

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