The Quest for Meaning

By Bodhi, Bhikkhu, Venerable

Book Id: WPLBN0000705018
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	The Quest for Meaning
Author:	Bodhi, Bhikkhu, Venerable
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Language:	English
Subject:	Religion, Buddhism, Buddhism and literature
Collections:	Buddhist Literature Collection, BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network
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Publisher:	Buddhanet: Buddhist Information and Education Network


Citation APA MLA Chicago Bhikkhu Bodhi, B. V. (n.d.). The Quest for Meaning. Retrieved from https://www.gutenberg.us/

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Excerpt: However much the modern world may pride itself on its triumphs over the follies and foibles of the past, it appears that the progress we credit ourselves with has been bought at a price so steep as to throw into question the worth of our achievements. This price has been nothing less than the shared conviction that our lives are endowed with ultimate meaning. Though in earlier ages men and women lived in a space populated largely by figments of the collective imagination, they could still claim a precious asset that we sorely lack: a firm and buoyant belief that their everyday lives were encompassed by a penumbra of enduring significance stemming from their relation to a transcendent goal.