ISBN: 9780042940724 - entering the path of enlightenment (4 resultados)

Condición: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0042940729.…

Condición: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0042940729.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Good hardback copyin good dustjacket. 318pp. Book.

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.…