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| Buddhist Images of Human Perfection : The Arhant of the Sutta Pitaka compard with the Bodhisattva and the Mahasiddha | ||
| 作者 | Katz, Nathan |
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| 出版日期 | 1990.07 |
| 出版者 | Motilal Banarsidass Publishers |
| 出版地 | Delhi, India [德里, 印度] |
| 資料類型 | 書籍=Book |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Suttapitaka; Criticism; Interpretation; Perfection; Religious aspects; Buddhism; Arhats; Bodhisattva; Siddhas |
| 摘要 | All forms of Buddhism--The Theravada, the Mahayana and the Vajrayana--affirm the perfectability of the person, and
one finds this notion of perfection embodied in three images; the arahant, the bodhisattva and the mahasiddha. Reader also finds, in scholarly treatments of Buddhism, much made of the perceived differences among these three 'vehicles' (yana). By close textual analysis as well as by extensive field work, Katz criticizes this emphasis on difference and prefers to treat Buddhism as a whole, a position he finds in accord with the teachings of both Buddhists and Buddhist texts. By a close examination of these three images of human perfection, bridges among the Theravada, the Mahayana and the Vajrayana are built and continuities within Buddhism are explored. This comparison involves pioneering discussions of Buddhist philosophy of language and hermeneutics, which are facilitated by Katz's familiarity with Pali, Sanskrit and Tibetan Buddhist texts as well as his sympathetic involvement with the living Buddhist tradition. Nathan Katz is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida Tampa (U.S.A.). He is Editor of USF Monographs in Religion and Public Policy. He has received two Fullbright research awards, as well as grants from the American Council of Learned Societies and the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. |
| ISBN | 0895815524 (hc) |
| 點閱次數 | 754 |
| 建檔日期 | 1998.04.28 |
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