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Waking up: Introduction to the history of Oriental thought provides students with active tales, basic basic and secondary sources, easy writing style, and a clear historical approach. The text focuses…

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Waking up: Introduction to the history of Oriental thought provides students with active tales, basic basic and secondary sources, easy writing style, and a clear historical approach. The text focuses mainly on India, China and Japan, showing the relationships between Eastern and Western traditions.

Patrick Brishnan has always linked the past to the present, so students may see that Eastern traditions, however ancient, are living and relevant traditions of modern times. The updates in Version 6 include a new introduction as well as new ways of problem areas throughout the text, but with particular emphasis in Chapter 5 (Ashtanga Yoga), Chapter 10 (Basic Education of Buddha Shakyamuni), Chapter 12 (Mahayana Buddhism: Madhyamaka Section) and Chapter 18 (Chan Buddhism: Regarding the Buddhist-Buddhist relationship of Zen Buddhism).

In addition, all references and source materials have been updated. The companion website includes two new videos and many new ones, produced by the author.

New in this sixth edition: * A new introduction provides a useful overview of each of the 19 chapters and important links between them; * An improved interpretation of the nature of the Vedanta philosophy and a more logical organization of the main elements of the Obadeched in Chapter 3; Ashtanga yoga is also expressed in Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. * A clearer and easier to understand presentation of the teaching of Dow De Jing in Chapter 14; * A major revision of Chapter 18 to clearly distinguish Chan from the Chinese Of Japanese Zen; * Greater focus throughout, where relevant, on the role of meditation practice in all oriental traditions.

* Updated and updated discussion questions at the end of each chapter; * New images and newly produced videos by the author for the author's website: http://patrickbresnan.com/.



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