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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, yet highly readable, analysis of the theory and practice of Buddhist asceticism elucidates the central truths of the eightfold path and clears away the later accretions of Buddhist doctrine. Evola describes the techniques for conscious liberation from the world of maya (illusion) and for achieving the state of transcendence beyond dualistic thinking. Most surprisingly, he argues that the widespread belief in reincarnation is not an original Buddhist tenet. Evola presents actual practices of concentration and visualization and places them in the larger metaphysical context of the Buddhist model of mind and universe.
The Doctrine of Awakening is a provocative study of the teachings of the Buddha by one of the greatest thinkers of twentieth century.
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| Author | Evola, Julius |
|---|---|
| Full Title | The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts |
| Binding | Softcover |
| Publisher | Inner Traditions |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 0892815531 |
| Language | English |
| Short Description | This is not just another analysis of early Buddhism. Upon placing the Buddhist doctrine in a wider perspective and explaining its main tenets, Evola presents actual practices that anyone with a spiritual disposition can follow. He thereby offers guidance for those who do not have access to authentic traditional initiatory institutions. |
| Praise | 'Evola ... had a clarity of mind and a gift for explaining tremendously difficult concepts in nonacademic language. His account of the niddana-chain (the twelve stages of conditioned genesis) is a masterpiece. It equips the reader for a whole new understanding, not only of Buddhism, but of the human state in general.' - Gnosis Magazine |
| Table of Contents | Translator's Foreword Preface Introduction Part I: Principles 1. Varieties of Ascesis 2. The Aryan-ness of the Doctrine of Awakening 3. The Historical Context of the Doctrine of Awakening 4. Destruction of the Demon of Dialectics 5. The Flame and Samsaric Consciousness 6. Conditioned Genesis 7. Determination of the Vocations Part II: Practice 8. The Qualities of the Combatant and the 'Departure' 9. Defense and Consolidation 10. Rightness 11. Sidereal Awareness: The Wounds Close 12. The Four Jhana: The 'Irradiant Contemplations' 13. The States Free from Form and the Extinction 14. Discrimination Between the 'Powers' 15. Phenomenology of the Great Liberation 16. Signs of the Nonpareil 17. The Void: 'If the Mind Does Not Break' 18. Up to Zen 19. The Ariya Are Still Gathered on the Vulture's Peak Index |
| About the Author | Julius Evola (1898 -1974), Italian traditionalist, metaphysician, social thinker and activist. Evola is an authority on the world's esoteric traditions and one of the greatest critics of modernity. He wrote extensively on ancient civilizations of both East and West and the world of Tradition. |
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