Book by Peter Harvey

Product Description: Traditional mineralogy (learning to identify dozens of minerals) is declining in all Geology courses Students are increasingly expected to learn about what minerals tell us about the processes that led to their formation, as well as applied aspects of the subject (such as environmental or applied mineralogy)...read more

Presents a collection of essays that cover core themes in Buddhism, including myth, worship, moral decision making, rites of passage, and the role of women. (view table of contents)

Presents a collection of essays that cover core themes in Buddhism, including myth, worship, moral decision making, rites of passage, and the role of women. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Este libro proporciona una amplia introducción a la tradición budista tal y como se desarrolló en tres áreas culturales principales de Asia, y al budismo tal y como se está desarrollando actualmente en Occidente. Este libro no sólo explora la cosmovisión de esta religión, sino que también pretende mostrar cómo funciona el budismo como conjunto de prácticas...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product 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...read more