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Rediscovering the Buddha: Legends of the Buddha and Their Interpretations - Couverture rigide

Penner, Hans H

 
9780195385823: Rediscovering the Buddha: Legends of the Buddha and Their Interpretations
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0195385829 ISBN 13 : 9780195385823
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2009

Synopsis

Hans Penner takes a new look at the classic stories of the life of the Buddha. In the first part of the book, he presents a full account of these stories, drawn from various texts of Theravada Buddhism, the Buddhism of South and Southeast Asia. Penner allots one chapter to each of the major milestones in Buddha's life, with titles such as: Birth and Early Life, Flight from the Palace, Enlightenment and Liberation, Last Watch and Funeral. In the process, he brings to the fore dimensions of the myth that have been largely ignored by western scholarship. In Part II, Penner offers his own original interpretations of the legends. He takes issue with Max Weber's assertion that "Buddhism is an other-worldly ascetic religion," a point of view that remains dominant in the received tradition and in most contemporary studies of Buddhism. His central thesis is that the "householder" is a necessary element in Buddhism and that the giving of gifts, which creates merit and presupposes the doctrine of karma, mediates the relation between the householder and the monk. Penner argues that the omission of the householder - in his view one-half of what constitutes Buddhism as a religion - is fatal for any understanding of Buddha's life or of the Buddhist tradition. This boldly revisionist and deeply learned work will be of interest to a wide range of scholarly and lay readers.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Philips Professor of Religion, Emeritus, Dartmouth College

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195385829
ISBN 13 
9780195385823
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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