{"product_id":"knowledge-and-liberation-tibetan-buddhist-epistemology-in-support-of-transformative-religious-experience-paperback","title":"Knowledge and Liberation: Tibetan Buddhist Epistemology in Support of Transformative Religious Experience - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Carolyn Klein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuddhist philosophy is concerned with defining and overcoming the limitations and errors of perception. To do this is essential to Buddhism's purpose of establishing a method for attaining liberation. Conceptual thought in this view can lead to a liberating understanding, a transformative religious experience. The author discusses the workings of both direct and conceptual cognition, drawing on a variety of Tibetan and Indian texts. The Gelukba interpretation of Dignaga and Dharmakirti is greatly at variance with virtually all other scholarship concerning these seminal Buddhist logicians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne C. Klein is professor and chair of Religious Studies at Rice University. She is also a founding director and resident teacher of Dawn Mountain, a center for contemplative study and practice in Houston. Her publications include \u003ci\u003ePath to the Middle\u003c\/i\u003e (SUNY Press), \u003ci\u003eUnbounded Wholeness\u003c\/i\u003e, coauthored with Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche (Oxford University Press), and \u003ci\u003eKnowledge and Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e (Snow Lion Publications).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.54 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1987\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751978926368,"sku":"9781559391146","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/051e3ca15711860e0745a257263da27d.webp?v=1779984769","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/knowledge-and-liberation-tibetan-buddhist-epistemology-in-support-of-transformative-religious-experience-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}