TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - The Buddha : a storied life
A2  - Sasson, Vanessa R., redaktör
A2  - Scheible, Kristin, redaktör
LA  - eng
PP  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
YR  - 2023
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5720841
AB  - "Retellings of the Buddha's lifestory have animated and sustained Buddhist thought and practice through roughly 2,500 years of history. To this day, Buddhist holidays and rituals are pinned to the arc of his biography, celebrating his birth, awakening, teaching, and final nirvana. Buddhists embody the story when they meditate, and when novices shear their hair, don robes, and ask permission to leave home. His story is the model for hagiographies of exemplary Buddhists to follow, from experiencing a moment of insight akin to the Four Sights, to the experience of tearing themselves away from their families to make a great departure, to a period of searching, to the moment when awakening is finally accomplished. The Buddha's story is therefore not just the Buddha's story; it is the story upon which the tradition rests. In this volume, we articulate the Buddha Blueprint, the underlying and foundational pattern that holds the lifestory of a buddha together. We retell the episodes of Buddha Gautama's extended lifestory, keeping in mind the cosmic arc of his narrative. The contributors are all prominent scholars of South Asian texts and traditions who have dedicated their careers to exploring hagiographical materials, each applying their own methodological and theoretical interests to shed new light on the enduring story of Buddhism. Our book, using multiple perspectives, voices and sources, underscores the multivalent centrality of this story"--
SN  - 9780197649466 hårda pärmar
KW  - Gautama Buddha.
KW  - Buddhism : Origin.
KW  - Buddhism : History.
KW  - Buddhism : Doctrines.
KW  - buddhalaisuus
KW  - doktriinit
KW  - historia
KW  - uskontohistoria
KW  - buddhism
KW  - doktriner
KW  - religionshistoria
ER  -