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Skillful Means: The Heart of Buddhist Compassion (Buddhist Tradition) by John W. Schroeder is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Skillful Means: The Heart of Buddhist Compassion (Buddhist Tradition) about?
This book provides a new way of understanding Buddhist thought. He argues that Buddhism is best understood as a philosophy of practice-or a metapraxis-and that terms such as emptiness non self, and nirvana refer less to metaphysical principles than to skillful teachings that help people cultivate compassion and mindfulness. Each section of the book focuses on a debate over philosophical justification and the problem of trying to establish a fixed doctrine in Buddhist and reveals an on-going deba
Who reads Skillful Means: The Heart of Buddhist Compassion (Buddhist Tradition)?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- John W. Schroeder
- Publisher
- Motilal Banarsidass, 2003-08-30
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9788120819993
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Religion, Buddhism
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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