1. Introduction 2. Method 3. The General Background 4. Some Preliminary Observations 5. Cognitive Functions in Nibbāna 6. Emotion and Feeling in Nibbāna 7. The Dynamics of Nibbāna 8. Nibbāna as State of Personality 9. Nibbāna as Emptiness 10. Nibbāna as Cessation of Rebirth 11. The Criteria of Transcendence 12. A Discussion of U 80 13. Nibbāna and Death 14. The Personality Factors and Nibbāna 15. Ways to Nibbāna 16. Nibbāna and Consciousness 17. The Personality of the Arahant 18. Summary and Conclusions. References. Index.
Biography
Rune E. A. Johansson (1918–1981) was born in Sweden. At the University of Lund he studied psychology and languages, among them Sanskrit and Pali, obtained his Licentiate Degree in 1954, and lectured there in psychology for some years. He travelled and studied extensively in the Orient, studying Sanskrit at the University of Calcutta and Pali at the University of Ceylon. During 1966–7 he was visiting Professor at the University of Tel Aviv, and at the time of original publication was head of the Biotechnical Section of the Research Institute of the Swedish National Defence.
