Visions of the Buddha

Visions of the Buddha

Eviatar Shulman
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Visions of the Buddha offers a ground-breaking approach to the nature of the early discourses of the Buddha, the most foundational scriptures of Buddhist religion. Although the early discourses are commonly considered to be attempts to preserve the Buddha's teachings, Shulman demonstrates that these texts are full of creativity, and that their main aim is to beautify the image of the wonderous Buddha. While the texts surely care for the early teachings and for the Buddha's philosophy or his guidelines for meditation, and while at times they may relate real historical events, they are no less interested in telling good stories, in re-working folkloric materials, and in the visionary contemplation of the Buddha in order to sense his unique presence. The texts can thus be, at times, a type of meditation. Eviatar Shulman frames the early discourses as literary masterpieces that helped Buddhism achieve the wonderful success it has obtained. Much of the discourses' masterful...
Año:
2022
Editorial:
Oxford University Press
Idioma:
english
ISBN 10:
0197587860
ISBN 13:
9780197587867
ISBN:
73F136C2-D36B-4B37-80D2-51FAA37BE436
Archivo:
MOBI , 905 KB
IPFS:
CID , CID Blake2b
english, 2022
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