Still Innocent of What It Might Yet Be: The World According to Buddhism

David Grandy

ISBN 10: 1973447746 / ISBN 13: 9781973447740

Published by Independently published, 2017

95 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.24 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 1973447746

Synopsis:

An introduction to Buddhism, focusing on the four noble truths and the idea-bursting idea of emptiness, that gets back to its pre-intellectual beginnings. We often think of reality as a mostly finished project. Living thirteen billion years after the Big Bang, we are inclined to suppose that the universe is well on its way toward wherever it’s going, whether endless expansion or unending oscillation between expansion and contraction. It’s a story already written into the stars, and once scientists produce a grand unified theory of physical reality we will have that story in hand. From a Buddhist perspective, however, the fundamental naiveté of this view lies in its tendency to see the world as a mostly realized entity rather than a dawning moment swollen with embryonic possibility. Buddhism slides back the markers of reality’s forward progress to leave things open, undefined, and just barely underway. Still innocent, that is, of what it might yet be.

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Title: Still Innocent of What It Might Yet Be: The ...
Publisher: Independently published
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Brand New