Title Buddhist Scriptures as Literature : Sacred Rhetoric and the Uses of Theory

Published Ithaca : State University of New York Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (233 pages) Contents ""Buddhist Scriptures as Literature""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Fictions of Reading: Westerners and Buddhist Texts""; ""2. A Prince Transformed: The Nikayas, the Nidanakatha, Asvaghosaâ€?s Acts of the Buddha""; ""3. The Buddha Awakening: The Nikayas""; ""4. Winning Conversions: The Nikayas""; ""5. Passing On: The Nikayas""; ""6. Right Figures of Speech: The Dhammapada""; ""7. Joyous Negations: The Heart Sutra""; ""8. Masters of Emptiness: The Gateless Barrier and Zen Folktales"" ""9. Extreme Giving: The Vessantara Jataka and Shantidevaâ€?sA Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life""""10. Final Emergency Reading: The Tibetan Book of the Dead""; ""Epilogue: Images in the Reader""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-218) and index Notes English Print version record SUBJECT Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka -- Criticism, interpretation, etc Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka fast Subject Buddhism and literature. Buddhist literature -- History and criticism Tripiṭaka as literature. Buddhism and literature Buddhist literature Tripiṭaka as literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2007016827 ISBN 9780791478837 0791478831 0791473392 9780791473399 1435632125 9781435632127

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