Rediscovering the Buddha: legends of the Buddha and their interpretation
Introduction to part I -- Cosmology and the great declaration -- The perfection of giving -- The birth and early life of Gotama -- Flight from the palace -- Enlightenment and liberation -- The Buddha begins to teach -- The Buddha becomes a wonder worker -- The Buddha meets a king and two brilliant a...
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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Oxford New York
Oxford University Press
2009
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| In: | Jahr: 2009 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Buddha 563 v. Chr.-483 v. Chr.
B Buddha 563 v. Chr.-483 v. Chr. / Legende |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Religious biography
India
B Religion B Geschichte B Gautama Buddha B Biographie B Religious biography (India) B Religionsgeschichte B Mythologie |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Introduction to part I -- Cosmology and the great declaration -- The perfection of giving -- The birth and early life of Gotama -- Flight from the palace -- Enlightenment and liberation -- The Buddha begins to teach -- The Buddha becomes a wonder worker -- The Buddha meets a king and two brilliant ascetics -- Rules, rules and more rules -- The Buddha goes home -- The Buddha receives a gift and befriends a king -- Meeting a murderer, a visit home, and a quick trip to heaven -- Devadatta attempts to kill the Buddha -- The buddha's last days -- Once the buddha was a universal monarch -- The last watch and the funeral -- Introduction to part II -- The quest for the historical Buddha -- The cosmological structure -- The legends as rites of passage -- The great agent : universal monarchs and Buddhas -- The gift, the renouncer, and the householder |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-233) and index |
| ISBN: | 0195385829 |