
Alone With Others
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This uniquely contemporary guide to understanding the timeless message of Buddhism, and in particular its relevance in actual human relations, was inspired by Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way Of Life, which the author translated into English, the oral instructions of living Buddhist masters, Heidegger's classic Being and Time, and the writings of the Christian theologians Paul Tillich and John MacQuarrie.
"The text is written with unusual clarity of style, making difficult matters readily accessible... It fills a serious gap in the dialogue between East and West, and does so in the most sensitive, most intelligent, and most careful way... Batchelor's strategy-to use the Western disciplines in order to make Buddhism accessible to the Westerner-is, I think, highly successful. The book makes a fine introduction." -David Michael Levin, Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University
"Magnificent-inspiring!... This excellent book has come to me personally as an illuminating text, despite my close on sixty years' concern with Buddhism... [Batchelor's] approach is likely to appeal to many categories of readers who have hitherto never considered Buddhism as having great relevance to themselves." -John Blofeld, from the Foreword
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Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Foreword by John Blofeld
- Preface
- Chapter I. Having and Being
- 1. The Dimension of Having
- 2. The Buddha's Renunciation
- 3. The Paradigmatic Character of the Buddha's Life
- Chapter II. The Task of Clarification
- 4. The Elaboration of the Existential Questions
- 5. The Answers of Historical Buddhism
- 6. The Problem of Contemporary Formulation
- Chapter III Being-Alone
- 7. The Phenomenological Approach
- 8. Aloneness and Anxiety
- 9. Taking Refuge
- Chapter IV. Being-With
- 10. The Ontological Ground of Participation
- 11. Inauthentic Being-With-Others
- 12. Authentic Being-With-Others
- Chapter V. Wisdom and Method
- 13. The Unity of Being-Alone and Being-With
- 14. Wisdom
- 15. Method
- Chapter VI. The Optimum Mode of Being
- 16. The Two Bodies of the Buddha
- 17. Is the Buddha Still Alive?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Glossary
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