Into the jaws of Yama, lord of death : Buddhism, bioethics, and death /

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Author / Creator:Karma Lekshe Tsomo, 1944-
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 270 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12314392
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ISBN:1429411902
9781429411905
0791468313
0791468321
9780791468319
9780791468326
9780791481455
079148145X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254) and index.
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Summary:"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."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Bhikṣuṇī, 1944- Into the jaws of Yama, lord of death. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006 0791468313 0791468321