Tsomo Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death

Buddhism, Bioethics, and Death
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8145-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

A fascinating look at Buddhist, especially Tibetan, views of death and their implications for a Buddhist bioethics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tsomo, Karma Lekshe

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Tibetischer Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Understanding Death and Impermanence

3. Understanding the Nature of Consciousness

4. Contemplating Self and No-self

5. Foundations of Buddhist Ethics

6. Death and Enlightenment in Tibet

7. The Transition Between Life and Death

8. The Ethical Urgency of Death

9. Extending Life and Hastening Death

10. Buddhism and Genetic Engineering

11 Bioethics in a Rapidly Changing World

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Karma Lekshe Tsomo is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. She is the editor of Buddhist Women and Social Justice: Ideals, Challenges, and Achievements and Buddhist Women Across Cultures: Realizations, and the author of Sisters in Solitude: Two Traditions of Buddhist Monastic Ethics for Women, all published by SUNY Press.