The Buddha: A Storied Life brings together twelve leading Buddhist Studies scholars to tell the story of Buddha's expansive life. The book traces the Buddha biography from his past lives to his final rebirth, and then onwards after that, when his cremated remains pick up where his physical body leaves off. Using multiple perspectives, voices, and sources, this volume sheds new light on the enduring story of Buddhism.
The Buddha: A Storied Life brings together twelve leading Buddhist Studies scholars to tell the story of Buddha's expansive life. The book traces the Buddha biography from his past lives to his final rebirth, and then onwards after that, when his cremated remains pick up where his physical body leaves off. Using multiple perspectives, voices, and sources, this volume sheds new light on the enduring story of Buddhism.
Vanessa R. Sasson is Professor of Religious Studies at Marianopolis College, Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, and Research Member of Centre d'études et de recherches sur l'Inde, l'Asie du Sud et sa diaspora at Université du Québec à Montreal. She is the author or editor of numerous books, including Yasodhara and the Buddha (2021) and The Gathering: A Story of the First Buddhist Nuns (2023). Kristin Scheible is Professor of Religion and Humanities at Reed College. She is the author of Reading the Mahavamsa: The Literary Aims of a Theravada Buddhist History (2016).
Inhaltsangabe
* About the Contributors * Preface: Learning from John Strong--Multiple Ways of Reading the Many Life Stories of the Buddha * Charles Hallisey * Introduction: The Never-Ending Story * Vanessa R. Sasson and Kristin Scheible * 1. The Vow That Starts the Story * Andy Rotman * 2. Creative Tensions in the Past Lives of the Buddha * Naomi Appleton * 3. The Final Birth * Reiko Ohnuma * 4. A Timeless Love Story * Vanessa R. Sasson * 5. A Great Departure * Kristin Scheible * 6. Around the Tree of Awakening * Todd Lewis and Jinah Kim * 7. The Buddha's Teachings and Miracles * David Fiordalis * 8. Sorrow and its Ending in the Buddha's Last Days * Maria Heim * 9. The Buddha's Story Continues: Afterlives of the Relics * Stephen C. Berkwitz * 10. Overstory: First There is a Buddha, Then There is No Buddha, Then There is * John S. Strong * Bibliography * Index
* About the Contributors * Preface: Learning from John Strong--Multiple Ways of Reading the Many Life Stories of the Buddha * Charles Hallisey * Introduction: The Never-Ending Story * Vanessa R. Sasson and Kristin Scheible * 1. The Vow That Starts the Story * Andy Rotman * 2. Creative Tensions in the Past Lives of the Buddha * Naomi Appleton * 3. The Final Birth * Reiko Ohnuma * 4. A Timeless Love Story * Vanessa R. Sasson * 5. A Great Departure * Kristin Scheible * 6. Around the Tree of Awakening * Todd Lewis and Jinah Kim * 7. The Buddha's Teachings and Miracles * David Fiordalis * 8. Sorrow and its Ending in the Buddha's Last Days * Maria Heim * 9. The Buddha's Story Continues: Afterlives of the Relics * Stephen C. Berkwitz * 10. Overstory: First There is a Buddha, Then There is No Buddha, Then There is * John S. Strong * Bibliography * Index
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