Buddhist saints in India : a study in Buddhist values and orientations /
The issue of saints is a difficult and complicated problem in Buddhology. In this magisterial work, Ray offers the first comprehensive examination of the figure of the Buddhist saint in a wide range of Indian Buddhist evidence. Drawing on an extensive variety of sources, Ray seeks to identify the &q...
| Основен автор: | Ray, Reginald A. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
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Buddhist saints in India. |
Съдържание:
- Conventions; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Buddhist Saints and the Two-Tiered Model of Buddhism; 2. Buddha Saakyamuni as a Saint; 3. Saints of the Theragatha and Therigatha4. Some Orthodox Saints in Buddhism; 5. Saints Criticized and Condemned; 6. Cults of Arhants; 7. The Solitary Saint, the Pratyekabuddha; 8. Bodhisattva Saints of the Forest in Mahayana Sutras; 9. Ascetic Traditions of Buddhist Saints; 10. The Buddhist Saints and the Stupa; 11. The Cult of Saints and Buddhist Doctrines of Absence and Presence; 12. The Buddhist Saints and the Process of Monasticization.