Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
9-30-2006
Disciplines
Buddhist Studies | Religion | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Abstract
Since earliest times, death has fascinated, terrified, and confounded human beings. Virtually every religious tradition offers some explanation of three key concerns: the beginnings of the world, the meaning and purpose of human existence, and the end of life. The Buddhist traditions have given special attention to the meaning of life and the end of life as central topics for reflection.
Digital USD Citation
Tsomo, Karma Lekshe PhD, "Dying, Death, and Afterlife from a Buddhist Perspective" (2006). Theology and Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship. 20.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/thrs-faculty/20
Included in
Buddhist Studies Commons, Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons
Notes
Table of Contents
Preface | ix
Acknowledgments | xi
Chapter 1 What is It Like to Die? Analytical Assessment of Ancient Indian Vedic Philosophical Concerns with Death
Arindam Chakrabarti
Chapter 2 Dying, Death, and Afterlife from a Buddhist Perspective
Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Chapter 3 Dying and Death in Jaina Dharma Traditions
Christopher K. Chapple
Chapter 4 Social Sources of the Afterlife in Western Religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Alan Segal
Contributors
Appendix
Transmigration, Metempsychosis and Reincarnation
Adarsh Deepak
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Originally published by Deepak Heritage Books in Dying, Death, and Afterlife in Dharma Traditions and Western Religions: Contemporary Issues in Constructive Dharma Vol.4 Proceedings of a Session of the Third DANAM Conference.