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*{{i|1 ABHIDHARMA : ITS SCOPE AND MEANING|9}}
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3 THE CONTEXTUALIZED SYSTEM "MIND,, 41
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Sociocultural Operators 41
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4 POLLUTANTS AND QUASI POLLUTANTS 52.
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Pollutants 5 2.
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The Quasi Pollutants 58
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Summary 61
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5 CONCENTRATION, CONTEMPLATION, MEDITATION:
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PRELIMINARIES ON THE WAY OF CROWING UP 62
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Obiectivistic-Rcductionistic Concentration 66
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Mentalistic -Creative Contemplation 8 I
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Holistic Imparting of Meaning 89
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6 THE WAY: THE EARLIER VIEW I 95
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introductory Remarks 9 s
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The Theravada Conception of the Way 97
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7 THE WAY: THE EARLIER VIEW Il 106
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The Sravaka and Pra.tyekabuddha Ways 106
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The Sravaka Conception of the Way 106
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The Pratyekabuddha Conception of the Way 12.2.
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8 THE WAY: TH£ LATER VIEW I 12.6
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The Bodhisattva Way I: Prelude 12.6
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The Meaning of the Terms Bodhisattva and Bodhicitta 12.6
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de-bzhinlbde-bar gshegs-pa•; snying-po I 3 2.
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The Activation of Bodhicitta 136
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Ethics and Sociocultural Levels 145
 
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Writing in the language of the new sciences, Herbert Guenther traces the evolution of Buddhist views on cognition and points to their relevance in the contemporary world. The history of Buddhist thought is a unique example of the interplay between reductionism and creativity, between conservatism and innovation, and it is the author's purpose to examine the interaction between these complementary movements. Of decisive importance in this context is the idea of "mind," which Buddhism recognized early on as a process rather than a thing. This recognition marked the transition from structure-oriented thinking to a vigorous process-oriented thinking, which climaxed in the holistic movement known as rDzogs-chen. Based on original texts in the Pali, Tibetan, and Sanskrit languages, the book develops the Buddhist ideas out of the context in which they originated. (Source: Shambhala Publications)

Citation Guenther, Herbert V. From Reductionism to Creativity: rDzogs-chen and the New Sciences of Mind. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1989.

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