Buddhist scriptures as literature: sacred rhetoric and the uses of theory
Ralph Flores
Buddhist scriptures as literature: sacred rhetoric and the uses of theory
Author
Ralph FloresPublisher
State University of New York PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
Buddhist scriptures as literature: sacred rhetoric and the uses of theory / Ralph FloresPublication Details
آلبانی : State University of New York Press، 2007مPhysical Description
vii, 223 p.; 24 cm.Subject
Tipitaka Criticism, interpretation, etcBuddhist literature History and criticism
Tripitaka as literature
Buddhism and literature
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انگلیسیNotes
Includes bibliographical references )p. 702 - 812( and index.Contents
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