Entering the Path of Enlightenment - Tapa dura

Entering the Path of Enlightenment: The Bodhicaryavatara of the Buddhist Poet Santideva

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. [Interesting provenance, previously owned by Dr. Owsei Temkin.] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Jacket clipped. Bookplate of Temkin on verso. Clean, unmarked pages. 318 pages ; 22 cm. "In this beautiful and moving classic of Mahayana Buddhism, Santideva, a monk living in Nalanda in the early eighth century A.D., described the Bodhisattva Vow, the promise of heroic beings to strive for Nirvana, but to postpone full entrance into the Realm of the Absolute until every other sentient creature also attains the bliss of Enlightenment." "Owsei Temkin was a director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. Temkin was known as one of the world's foremost experts on the interaction of medicine and culture throughout history. He published hundreds of articles and a dozen books on the history of medicine, including the history and philosophy of Greco-Arabic medicine. His book, The Falling Sickness, a study of views on epilepsy through the ages, has achieved wide renown. Temkin received the Welch Medal and the Sarton Prize and was elected to the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences." - Johns Hopkins Medical Institute. Nº de ref. del artículo: 2410180008

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