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9780791468326

Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791468326

  • ISBN10:

    0791468321

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-09-01
  • Publisher: STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK PRESS

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Summary

Explores Buddhist view of death and its implications for contemporary bioethics. Topics include Buddhist views about death and enlightenment, states between life and death, cloning, abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, organ donation, genetic engineering, stem-cell research within a Buddhist context, and more. For ethicists.

Table of Contents

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

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