Free time

• Verfasst von: Vajragupta [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Free time
• Titelzusatz: from clock-watching to free-flowing, a Buddhist guide
• Verf.angabe: Vajragupta Staunton
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Verlag: Windhorse Publications
• E-Jahr: 2019
• Jahr: [2019]
• Umfang: xiv, 237 Seiten
• Format: 24 cm
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-911407-23-2
• ISBN: 1-911407-23-6
• Schlagwörter: (s)Buddhistische Philosophie / (s)Zeit
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Buddhist philosophy
• Sach-SW: Time ; Religious aspects ; Buddhism
• K10plus-PPN: 1690258187

Abstract

In this new book, Vajragupta takes us on a tour of time in the light of Buddhist wisdom. He starts by pointing out the ways in which our subjective experience of time relates to our states of mind. Grasping and aversion change the pace of experience and the generosity with which we engage the world. He explores clock-time and the changes in the cultures, technologies and economies of time over the last centuries. Reflecting on the three lakshanas, or marks of being, in Buddhist thought, he asks the fundamental question of how we can develop a healthy relationship to change. What sense of self do we invest in? What are our stories and the attachments they engender? Are they true? Are they liberating? The book is easy to read, dealing with tricky philosophical issues in an accessible and enjoyable way and packed with everyday wisdom