How Long to Read A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience

How Long Does it Take to Read A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 23 minutes to read A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience by Thomas A. Kochumuttom

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Giving a new translation and interpretation of the basic works of Vasubandhu the yogacarin, the author shows that Yogacara metaphysics is basically the same as that of the early Buddhism. He contends that the Yogacara writings are open to interpretation in terms of realistic pluralism, and thus challenges their traditional interpretation in terms of idealistic monism. His translation is faithful to the original, arguments convincing and consistent, and presentation clear and readable. The texts translated and interpreted are (i) Madhyanta-vibhago-karika-bhasya, (ii) Trisvabhava-nirdesa, (iii) Trimsatika and (iv) Vimsatika. The doctrine of experience presented by these texts may be summarised in the words of the author as follow: The experience of samsara consists basically in one's being forced to view oneself as the grasper (grahaka), the enjoyer (bhoktr), knower (jnatr) of all beings, which are then viewed as the graspable (grahya), the enjoyable (bhojya), the knowable (jneya). There one cannot help mentally constructing the distinction between the subject and the object, the grasper and the graspable, the enjoyer and the enjoyable...

How long is A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience?

A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience by Thomas A. Kochumuttom is 316 pages long, and a total of 80,896 words.

This makes it 107% the length of the average book. It also has 99% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 22 minutes to read A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience aloud.

What Reading Level is A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience?

A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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