{"product_id":"the-selfless-mind-peter-harvey-9780700703388","title":"The Selfless Mind: Personality, Consciousness and Nirvana in Early Buddhism","description":"This careful analysis of early Buddhist thought opens out a perspective in which no permanent Self is accepted, but a rich analysis of changing and potent mental processes is developed. It explores issues relating to the not-Self teaching: self-development, moral responsibility, the between-lives period, and the 'undetermined questions' on the world, on the 'life principle' and on the liberated one after death. It examines the 'person' as a flowing continuity centred on consciousness or discernment (vinnana) configured in changing minds-sets (cittas). The resting state of this is seen as 'brightly shining' - like the 'Buddha nature' of Mahayana thought - so as to represent the potential for Nirvana. Nirvana is then shown to be a state in which consciousness transcends all objects, and thus participates in a timeless, unconditioned realm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Harvey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0700703381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700703388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.42w x 0.18d","brand":"Peter Harvey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46721268285695,"sku":"9780700703388","price":63.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd89334c-f9f8-4af4-bf53-0036a0185a41.jpg?v=1742752354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-selfless-mind-peter-harvey-9780700703388","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}