Maria Heim

Voice of the Buddha

Buddhaghosa on the Immeasurable Words

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Produktbeschreibung

Voice of the Buddha is a study of the theories of scripture described and practiced by the 5th-century thinker Buddhaghosa, the principal commentator of the Theravada intellectual tradition. By bringing to the fore Buddhaghosa's theories of texts and commentarial practices, Heim casts new light on early Pali texts and the commentarial system Buddhaghosa's work represents.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780190906658
• ISBN-10: 0190906650
• Artikelnr.: 51967810

Autorenporträt

Maria Heim is Professor of Religion and Elizabeth W. Bruss Reader at Amherst College. She is the author of The Forerunner of All Things and Theories of the Gift in South Asia.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgements
* Abbreviations
* Introduction
* Part One: Building Blocks for an Interpretative Program
* Chapter One: The Buddha's Omniscience and the Immeasurability of
Scripture
* Chapter Two: Scripture, Commentary, and Exegetical Distinctions
* Part Two: Interpreting the Three Pitakas
* Chapter Three: Interpreting the Contexts and Conditions of
Buddhavacana in the Suttanta
* Chapter Four: Disentangling the Tangle: Abhidhamma as
Phenomenological Analysis
* Chapter Five: The 'Completely Pleasing' Exegesis on the Vinaya
* Conclusion
* Appendix A: The Recollection of the Dhamma
* Appendix B: Commentary on the Section on Verañja Starting the Vinaya
* Appendix C: Four Oceans and Three Pitakas
* Bibliography