The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts

by Julius Evola

Book Overview

In a probing analysis of the oldest Buddhist texts, Julius Evola places the doctrine of liberation in its original context. The early teachings, he suggests, offer the foremost example of an active spirituality that is opposed to the more passive, modern forms of theistic religions. This sophisticated, highly readable analysis of the theory and practice of Buddhist asceticism, first published in Italian in 1943 , elucidates the central truths of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892815531
• ISBN13: 9780892815531
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Inner Traditions International
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"