Nirvana and other Buddhist felicities: utopias of the Pali imaginaire
This book presents an answer to the question: what is nirvana? Part I distinguishes between systematic and narrative thought in the Pali texts of Theravada Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia, arguing that nirvana produces closure in both, and setting nirvana in the wider category of Buddhist Felic...
| Subtitles: | Nirvana & Other Buddhist Felicities |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1998.
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| In: | Year: 1998 |
| Reviews: | The Medieval Imagination: A New Perspective from Southern Asia (2000) (Reynolds, Frank E., 1930 - 2019)
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| Series/Journal: | Cambridge studies in religious traditions
12 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nirvana
/ Paradise
B Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Jātaka. Vessantarajātaka |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
Doctrines
B Nirvana B Buddhism ; Doctrines B Utopias Religious aspects Buddhism B Utopias ; Religious aspects ; Buddhism |
| Online Access: |
Review Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: 9780521570541 |
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