Nirvana days

The present volume endeavors to make a contribution to contemporary Whitehead studies by clarifying his axiological process metaphysics, including his theory of values, concept of ...

This chapter explores the nature of ‘karma/action’ in Buddhism, and of cetanā, which is the heart of karma; factors affecting ethical assessment of an action as wholesome or unwhol...

Abstract Retellings of the Buddha’s life story have animated and sustained Buddhist thought and practice through roughly 2,500 years of history. To this day, Buddhis...

A concise and engaging exploration of how we understand happiness. What does it mean to feel happiness? As a state of mind, it's elusive. As a concept—despite the pl...

This book chronicles the experience of the World War II paratroopers from their earliest days in training to final days of the war spent at Berchtesgaden. Relying heavily on memoir...