Buddhism, meditation, and the inner world'
Buddhist meditation seems to involve giving attention to one's thoughts and feelings, to one's inner world'. In this article I explore what is involved in such talk of one's inner world, with special reference to Wittgenstein's claim that the inner' is a delusion. The...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Religious studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-197 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Buddhism
/ Meditation
/ Inwardness
/ Thinking
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| IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion BL Buddhism |
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| Summary: | Buddhist meditation seems to involve giving attention to one's thoughts and feelings, to one's inner world'. In this article I explore what is involved in such talk of one's inner world, with special reference to Wittgenstein's claim that the inner' is a delusion. The article explores the nature of thoughts and feelings, and suggests that we cannot fully understand what is involved in meditation without some consideration of its ethical and religious context. I conclude with some reflections on how the pictures we naturally employ in thinking about meditation can lead us into a misleading metaphysical view of the inner'. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S003441251600007X |