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Buddhism: The Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha

The Forerunner of All Things

Buddhaghosa on Mind, Intention, and Agency

by Maria Heim

A study of Buddhaghosa's commentaries as works of moral psychology, focusing on how he analyses intention, emotion and agency. It presents the great Theravada commentator as a creative thinker rather than a mere compiler.

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