Pain and Its Ending : The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon

ISBN-13: 9780700710652 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 268 str.

Carol Anderson;Anderson Carol

Opis

A comprehensive study of the four noble truths in Buddhism, as they appear in the Tipitaka. The text argues that the truths are used first as a symbol of the network of Buddha's enlightenment and second as a propositional doctrine within a larger network of Buddha's teaching.

Recenzje

'The book's contribution to our knowledge about the four truths may lie in the author's bringig together some new propositions of recent researches which claim to revise views about certain topics such as the language of the canon, the dating of the Buddha's life, the construction of his biographies, the shaping of the Tipitaka and its formulations, or the disparity between the doctrine ant the practice in Buddhist countries. useful to read as a stimulant' - Karel Werner, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society

Spis treści

Introduction: A Historical Context for the Four Noble Truths; Chapter 1 Cultivating Religious Experiences: Doctrine and Di??hi; Chapter 2 Stories and a Symbol of the Buddha's Enlightenment; Chapter 3 Analyzing the Four Noble Truths; Chapter 4 Abhidhamma Analysis of the Four Noble Truths; Chapter 5 The Four Noble Truths and the Path; Chapter 6 Studies of the Four Noble Truths in Europe and the United States; Chapter 7 Symbols, Propositions, and Religious Experiences;

O autorze

Carol S. Anderson