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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-22 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Beckett and Buddhism undertakes a twenty-first-century reassessment of the Buddhist resonances in Samuel Beckett's writing. These reverberations, as Angela Moor
Beckett and Zen
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Pages: 314
Authors: Paul Foster
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: Wisdom Publications (MA)

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Applies an understanding of Zen Buddhism to the 'absurdity' of Beckett, which is seen as an expression of deepest spiritual anguish.
A Partial Enlightenment
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Authors: Avram Alpert
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In many ways, Buddhism has become the global religion of the modern world. For its contemporary followers, the ideal of enlightenment promises inner peace and w
An American's Journey into Buddhism
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Structured as a patchwork of conversations, recollections, and lyrical encounters, this rich spiritual autobiography allows readers to eavesdrop on a restless s
Rebuilding Buddhism
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Authors: Sarah LeVine
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-09-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Rebuilding Buddhism describes in evocative detail the experiences and achievements of Nepalis who have adopted Theravada Buddhism. This form of Buddhism was int