Of ancestors and ghosts: how Preta narratives constructed Buddhist cosmology and shaped Buddhist ethics
"In Part I of this book, I argued that preta narratives participated in a larger world-building process that negotiated the contours of the Buddhist cosmos and, with it, the place of the departed. Through stories about encounters between humans and pretas, Buddhist authors explored the place of...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York
Oxford University Press
[2024]
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sanskrit language
/ Pāli
/ Buddhist literature
/ Story
/ Preta
/ Karma
B Buddhism / Belief in spirits / Cosmology / Ethics / History |
| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BL Buddhism NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Causation (Buddhism)
B Karma Buddhism B Death Religious aspects Buddhism |
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