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Know Your Mind
Bikshu Sangharakshita
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Description for Know Your Mind
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Offering a description of the nature of mind and how it functions, this introduction to traditional Buddhist psychology guides readers through the Abhidharma classification of positive and negative mental states. The author was born in England, travelled to India as a young man, was ordained as a Buddhist monk, and has been writing about and teaching Buddhism for more than four decades. In this book he explores the part individuals play in creating their own suffering and happiness, describes the relationship of the mind to karma and rebirth, and stresses the ethical, other-regarding nature of Buddhist psychology.
Offering a description of the nature of mind and how it functions, this introduction to traditional Buddhist psychology guides readers through the Abhidharma classification of positive and negative mental states. The author was born in England, travelled to India as a young man, was ordained as a Buddhist monk, and has been writing about and teaching Buddhism for more than four decades. In this book he explores the part individuals play in creating their own suffering and happiness, describes the relationship of the mind to karma and rebirth, and stresses the ethical, other-regarding nature of Buddhist psychology.
Product Details
Publisher
Windhorse Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780904766790
SKU
V9780904766790
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About Bikshu Sangharakshita
A respected translator and author of over fifty books, Sangharakshita began studying BUddhism at the age of 16. After 20 years studying in India he returned to England and set up the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order which has over 65 centres worldwide, including the USA.
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