Original Buddhist Sources

A Reader
Herausgeber: Olson, Carl

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This anthology provides a selection of primary source Buddhist literature and is divided into two major parts: Theravada and Mahayana forms of Buddhism. It is an anthology of textual sources for courses in Buddhism, while also serving as a companion volume to the text The Different Paths of Buddhism: A Narrative-Historical Introduction.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 682g
• ISBN-13: 9780813535647
• ISBN-10: 0813535646
• Artikelnr.: 21141144

Autorenporträt

CARL OLSON is a professor of religious studies at Allegheny College. His numerous books include Zen and the Art of Postmodern Philosophy: Two Paths of Liberation from the Representational Mode of Thinking and Indian Philosophers and Postmodern Thinkers: Dialogues on the Margins of Culture.

Inhaltsangabe

Pt I. Selections from the Theraväda tradition. Jätaka Tales (former lives of the Buddha) Life of the Buddha Teachings of the Buddha: causality Teachings of the Buddha: four noble truths Teachings of the Buddha: non-self Teachings of the Buddha: nibbäna Teachings of the Buddha: meditation Teachings of the Buddha: ethical issues and virtues Monastic life and regulations The feminine thread in Buddhism Theraväda hagiographical literature pt. II: Selections from the Mahäyäna tradition. Prajn
äpäramitä literature Mahäratnaku
ta Su
tra The true lion's roar of Queen S
ri
mälä Pure Land Su
tra Mahäyäna school of thought: Mädhyamika Mahäyäna school of thought: Yogäcära Tibetan Buddhist tradition Chinese Buddhist tradition. Hua-yen school ; T'ien T'ai school ; Chinese Pure Land school ; Ch'an School Japanese Buddhist tradition. Pure Land Buddhism ; Zen Buddhism Mahäyäna hagiographical literature The feminine thread in Mahäyäna literature