Titlebook: Buddhism and Human Flourishing; A Modern Western Per Seth Zuihō Segall Book 2020 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exc

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The Changing Nature of Buddhism,dings of well-being are critical factors determining the course of contemporary Western Buddhism’s evolution. The chapter addresses the general problems that arise whenever one attempts grafting borrowings from another culture onto one’s root culture. It also addresses how all religions that survive

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What Is Enlightenment?,ms inherent in interpreting the competing Theravāda and Mahāyāna accounts of Buddhist enlightenment. The chapter compares and contrasts a Theravāda enlightenment account with a Mahāyāna enlightenment account, viewing the texts as literary creations that serve to emphasize and vivify the core teachin

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What Is Eudaimonia?,er elucidates Aristotle’s idea of eudaimonia in depth. It then illustrates how Aristotle continues to inform virtue ethics and understandings of well-being in contemporary philosophy through examining the work of Neera Badhwar, Daniel Haybron, Damien Keown, Daniel Russell, and Valerie Tiberius. It a

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The Fate of Traditional Enlightenment in the West,lict with deeply held Western beliefs concerning human well-being and flourishing. One way to resolve the tensions between enlightenment and eudaimonia would be to “domesticate” enlightenment by blending those aspects of it that are consonant with modern Western belief with compatible aspects of eud

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Self and Self-Transcendence,the utility and limitations of the doctrine and proposes that the self is best understood as a set of interrelated reflective organismic processes. The chapter explains why Buddhism views the self as problematic and explores the degree to which self-transcendence may be possible. In the section on s

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Buddhist Ethics and Eudaimonic Enlightenment,nic enlightenment replace rebirth as the glue holding Buddhist ethics together in a way that is still recognizably Buddhist? The chapter explores the Buddhist ethical precepts, using the precept against killing as an example. It illustrates the problem of how to weigh relative harms and benefits, an

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Metaphysical Humility: The Eudaimonic Enlightenment Model and Beyond,relating to materialism, the relationship of mind and body, and the existence of God by taking a metaphysically modest stance. In doing so, it comports with the Buddha’s own reluctance to address metaphysical concerns. The chapter suggests that human limitations prevent us from conclusively knowing