{"product_id":"the-great-awakening-a-buddhist-social-theory-9780861713660","title":"The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory","description":"The most essential insight that Buddhism offers is that all our individual suffering arises from three and only three sources, known in Buddhism as the three poisons: greed, ill-will, and delusion. In \u003ci\u003eThe Great Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e, scholar and Zen teacher David Loy examines how these three poisons, embodied in society's institutions, lie at the root of all social maladies as well. The teachings of Buddhism present a way that the individual can counteract these to alleviate personal suffering, and in the \u003ci\u003eThe Great Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e Loy boldly examines how these teachings can be applied to institutions and even whole cultures for the alleviation of suffering on a collective level. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book will help both Buddhists and non-Buddhists to realize the social importance of Buddhist teachings, while providing a theoretical framework for socially engaged members of society to apply their spiritual principles to collective social issues. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e shows how Buddhism can help our postmodern world develop liberative possibilities otherwise obscured by the anti-religious bias of so much contemporary social theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wisdom Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780861713660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"David R. Loy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52360389558453,"sku":"9780861713660","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_aec35425-cd8f-4826-8f21-fc686b6a3b03.jpg?v=1773720490","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-great-awakening-a-buddhist-social-theory-9780861713660","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}