Buddhist scriptures as literature : sacred rhetoric and the uses of theory
Ralph Flores
Buddhist scriptures as literature : sacred rhetoric and the uses of theory
نویسنده
Ralph Floresنسخه 1
فهرست
شناسنامه
عنوان و نام پدیدآور
Buddhist scriptures as literature : sacred rhetoric and the uses of theory / Ralph Floresمشخصات نشر
آلبانی : State University of New York Press، 2008ممشخصات ظاهری
vii, 223 p.; 24 cm.موضوع
Tipitaka Criticism, interpretation, etcBuddhist literature History and criticism
Tripitaka as literature
Buddhism and literature
زبان
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 702-812( and index.
مندرجات
Fictions of reading: Westerners and Buddhist texts -- A prince transformed: the Nikayas, the Nidanakatha, Asvaghosa's Acts of the Buddha -- The Buddha awakening: the Nikayas -- Winning conversions: the Nikayas -- Passing on: the Nikayas -- Figures of right speech: the Dhammapada -- Joyous negations: the Heart sutra -- Masters of emptiness: The gateless barrier and Zen folktales -- Extreme giving: The vessantara jataka and Shantideva's A guide to the bodhisattva way of life -- Final emergency reading: The Tibetan book of the dead -- Epilogue: Images in the reader