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Issues such as abortion, embryo research and euthanasia have been discussed exhaustively from the standpoint of Western philosophy and religion, but so far the voice of Buddhism has been little heard in the debate. Although widely respected for its benevolent and humanistic valu…
Issues such as abortion, embryo research and euthanasia have been discussed exhaustively from the standpoint of Western philosophy and religion, but so far the voice of Buddhism has been little heard in the debate. Although widely respected for its benevolent and humanistic valu…
Much work has been done on the subject of ethics in Islam and Buddhism. However, the primary texts in Islam and Buddhism lack a theory of moral philosophy that systematically and critically analyzes the moral teachings. My dissertation attempts to find underlying moral principle…
This dissertation is an exposition and philosophical defense of the theory of vipaśyanā (insight meditation), as presented by the eighth-century Indian Buddhist Kamalaśīla in his triad of practice manuals, The Process of Meditation (Bhāvanākrama I, II, III). In the dissertation,…
Fragmentation, pieces and bits of life that seem not only out of relation but also dualistically opposed and unrelated are part and parcel of the thinking, feeling, believing, speaking and doing of the Western mindset. This project addresses the heart of such a mindset white it …
'Ethics' was not developed as a separate branch of philosophy in Buddhist traditions until the modern period, though Buddhist philosophers have always been concerned with the moral significance of thoughts, emotions, intentions, actions, virtues, and precepts. Their most penetra…