UID:
almahu_9949068654602882
Format:
1 online resource (177 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-25434-2
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1-134-25435-0
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1-280-54946-7
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9786610549467
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0-203-00193-1
Series Statement:
Routledge critical studies in Buddhism Metaphor and literalism in Buddhism
Content:
Soonil Hwang studies the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali Nikaaya and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese aagama and its traditional interpretation. He clarifies early doctrinal developments of Nirvana and traces the word and related terms back to their original metaphorical contexts, elucidating diverse interpretations and doctrinal and philosophical developments in the abhidharma exegeses and treatises of Southern and Northern Buddhist schools. The book finally examines which school, if any, kept the original meaning and re
Note:
Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies.
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BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1. NIRVANA AND ITS REFERENCE; 2. THE TWO NIRVANA THEORY IN THE EARLY CANON; 3. DEVELOPMENTS OF THE TWO NIRAVANA THEORY; 4. NIRVANA IN THE THERAVADA BUDDHIST TRADITION; 5. NIRAVANA IN NORTHERN BUDDHIST SCHOOLS; 6. CONCLUSION; SELECTED SOURCES FOR THE NIRVANA CONCEPT AND THE TWO NIRVANA THEORY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-65010-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-35550-8
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.
DOI:
10.4324/9780203001936
