Rediscovering the Buddha legends of the Buddha and their interpretation
Cosmology and the great declaration -- The perfection of giving -- The birth and early life of Gotama -- Flight from the palace -- Enlightenment and liberation -- The Buddha begins to teach -- The Buddha becomes a wonder-worker -- The Buddha meets a king and two brilliant ascetics -- Rules, rules, a...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Oxford, New York
Oxford University Press
2009
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Gautama Buddha
> Religious biography
> India
> Religion
> Religionsgeschichte
> Mythologie
> Geschichte
> Biographie
> Buddha
> Legende
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Cosmology and the great declaration -- The perfection of giving -- The birth and early life of Gotama -- Flight from the palace -- Enlightenment and liberation -- The Buddha begins to teach -- The Buddha becomes a wonder-worker -- The Buddha meets a king and two brilliant ascetics -- Rules, rules, and more rules -- The Buddha goes home -- The Buddha receives a gift and befriends a king -- Meeting a murderer, a visit home, and a quick trip to heaven -- Devadatta attempts to kill the Buddha -- The buddha's last days -- Once the buddha was a universal monarch -- The last watch and the funeral -- The quest for the historical Buddha -- The cosmological structure -- The legends as rites of passage -- The great agent : universal monarchs and Buddhas -- The gift, the renouncer, and the householder. Introduction to part I -- Cosmology and the great declaration -- The perfection of giving -- The birth and early life of Gotama -- Flight from the palace -- Enlightenment and liberation -- The Buddha begins to teach -- The Buddha becomes a wonder worker -- The Buddha meets a king and two brilliant ascetics -- Rules, rules and more rules -- The Buddha goes home -- The Buddha receives a gift and befriends a king -- Meeting a murderer, a visit home, and a quick trip to heaven -- Devadatta attempts to kill the Buddha -- The buddha's last days -- Once the buddha was a universal monarch -- The last watch and the funeral -- Introduction to part II -- The quest for the historical Buddha -- The cosmological structure -- The legends as rites of passage -- The great agent : universal monarchs and Buddhas -- The gift, the renouncer, and the householder |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-233) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 260 S Ill 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0195385829 0-19-538582-9 9780195385823 978-0-19-538582-3 |