Edge of Certainty: Dilemmas on the Buddhist Path

Fenner, Peter

ISBN 10: 0892540354 / ISBN 13: 9780892540358

Published by Nicolas-Hays, 2002

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0892540354I2N00

Synopsis:

This intriguing book challenges common conceptions and misconceptions about traveling the Buddhist path to enlightenment.

The author asks the questions that some dare not:

* Is spiritual freedom gained through effort and struggle, or by giving up our need for things to be different?
• * How do we really know if our spiritual activities are moving us closer to our goal, or just keeping us from experiencing freedom in the here-and-now?
• * Does our need for spiritual guidance point us in the "right" direction, or is it simply an expression of our habitual and futile need to "know" what cannot be known?

Peter Fenner approaches these questions by first providing clear and illuminating summaries of the orthodox and unorthodox ways of the many different Buddhist traditions. He traces his own experiences with such practices as mindfulness meditation, Vipassana, the transformational tools of Tantra, and the natural meditations of the Dzogchen tradition. He contrasts the traditional approach of change-through-practice with the non-traditional, Western need for immediacy.

Fenner shows us how the paradoxes that emerge on the spiritual path can be used to deconstruct our fixations about "getting it" or "losing it" if I give up everything, will I gain fulfillment? Ultimately, he provides answers that are as proactive as his questions.

Synopsis: This work challenges common conceptions and misconceptions about travelling the Buddhist path to enlightenment. Peter Fenner provides illuminating summaries of the orthodox and unorthodox ways of the many different Buddhist traditions and traces his own experience with such practices as mindfulness meditation, Vipassana, the transformational tools of Tantra, and the natural meditations of the Dzogchen tradition.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Edge of Certainty: Dilemmas on the Buddhist ...
Publisher: Nicolas-Hays
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket