Nikāya Buddhism and Early Chan - A Different Meditative Paradigm - Grzegorz Polak
Introduction
Nikāya Buddhism and Early Chan - A Different Meditative Paradigm - Grzegorz Polak
Grzegorz Polak [+]
Maria Curie Skłodowska University
Grzegorz Polak is an associate professor in the Institute of Philosophy at the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin. His research interests include philosophical and meditative ideas of Nikaya Buddhism, early Chan, and comparative study of Buddhism and Western philosophy. He is the author of Reexamining Jhana: Towards a Critical Reconstruction of Early Buddhist Soteriology and several articles.
Description
The first part of the book serves an introduction to the idea of a comparative study of Nikāya Buddhism and early Chan, explains its aims and rationale. It discusses the scope of the book and the methodological issues that are connected with it. It also contains a brief outline of the contents of the book.