Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death

Buddhism, Bioethics, and Death

von Karma Lekshe Tsomo

270 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A fascinating look at Buddhist, especially Tibetan, views of death and their implications for a Buddhist bioethics.This book explores the Buddhist view of death and its implications for contemporary bioethics. Writing primarily from within the Tibetan tradition, author Karma Lekshe Tsomo discusses Buddhist notions of human consciousness and personal identity and how these figure in the Buddhist view of death. Beliefs about death and enlightenment and states between life and death are also discussed. Tsomo goes on to examine such hot-button topics as cloning, abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, organ donation, genetic engineering, and stem-cell research within a Buddhist context, introducing new ways of thinking about these highly controversial issues.

• Reihe: SUNY Press
• ISBN: 9780791468326
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.07.2006
• Größe: 229 x 153 mm
• Verlag: State University of New York Press