Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death

by Tsomo, Karma Lekshe

• ISBN13: 9780791468319
• ISBN10: 0791468313
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-01
• Publisher: STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK PRESS

Summary

"This book explores the Buddhist view of death and its implications for contemporary bioethics. Writing primarily from within the Tibetan tradition, author Karma Lekshe Tsomo discusses Buddhist notions of human consciousness and personal identity and how these figure in the Buddhist view of death. Beliefs about death and enlightenment and states between life and death are also discussed. Tsomo goes on to examine such hot-button topics as cloning, abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, organ donation, genetic engineering, and stem-cell research within a Buddhist context, introducing new ways of thinking about these highly controversial issues."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Chapter 1 Introduction	1	(14)
Chapter 2 Understanding Death and Impermanence	15	(16)
Chapter 3 Understanding the Nature of Consciousness	31	(12)
Chapter 4 Contemplating Self and No-self	43	(20)
Chapter 5 Foundations of Buddhist Ethics	63	(16)
Chapter 6 Death and Enlightenment in Tibet	79	(20)
Chapter 7 The Transition Between Life and Death	99	(26)
Chapter 8 The Ethical Urgency of Death	125	(38)
Chapter 9 Extending Life and Hastening Death	163	(32)
Chapter 10 Buddhism and Genetic Engineering	195	(14)
Chapter 11 Bioethics in a Rapidly Changing World	209	(22)
Notes	231	(14)
Bibliography	245	(10)
Index	255