The Buddhist Hell: An Early Instance of the Idea?
In spite of the modern idea that Buddhism is too rational a religion to have a conception of hell, the case is just the opposite. The Buddhists promoted this idea very early. This is not really surprising, since the idea of hell is closely connected with the concept of
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2009
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Numen
Year: 2009, Volume: 56, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 254-281 |
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Buddhist ethics
BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY
THE EARLY BUDDHIST CANON
BUDDHIST MONASTIC RULES
BUDDHIST HELL
JĀTAKA LITERATURE
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| Summary: | In spite of the modern idea that Buddhism is too rational a religion to have a conception of hell, the case is just the opposite. The Buddhists promoted this idea very early. This is not really surprising, since the idea of hell is closely connected with the concept of |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5276 |
| Contains: | In: Numen
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/156852709X405008 |