Buddhist scriptures as literature: sacred rhetoric and the uses of theory
Fictions of reading: Westerners and Buddhist texts -- A prince transformed: the Nikayas, the Nidanakatha -- Asvaghosa's Acts of the Buddha -- The Buddha awakening: the Nikayas -- Winning conversions: the Nikayas -- Passing on: the Nikayas -- Figures of right speech: the Dhammapada -- Joyous neg...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Albany, NY
State University of New York Press
2008
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In: | Year: 2008 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tipiṭaka
/ Buddhist literature
/ Literature
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Further subjects: | B
Buddhist literature
History and criticism
B Tripiṭaka as literature B Buddhism and literature B Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka Criticism, interpretation, etc B Tipiṭaka Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Table of Contents |
Summary: | Fictions of reading: Westerners and Buddhist texts -- A prince transformed: the Nikayas, the Nidanakatha -- Asvaghosa's Acts of the Buddha -- The Buddha awakening: the Nikayas -- Winning conversions: the Nikayas -- Passing on: the Nikayas -- Figures of right speech: the Dhammapada -- Joyous negations: the Heart sutra -- Masters of emptiness: the Gateless barrier and Zen folktales -- Extreme giving: the Vessantara jataka and -- Shantideva's a Guide to the bodhisattva way -- Final emergency reading: the Tibetan book of the dead -- Images in the reader |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 0791473392 |