Metaphor and literalism in Buddhism : the doctrinal history of nirvana / Hwang, Soonil.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese Series: Routledge critical studies in BuddhismPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2006Description: 1 online resource (xv, 160 pages)Content type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780203001936
- 9781134254309
- 9781134254347
- 9781134254354
- 294.3423 H991
- BQ4263 .H83 2006
Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies.
chapter INTRODUCTION -- part PART 1 THE DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIRVANA IN EARLY INDIAN BUDDHISM -- chapter 1 NIRVANA AND ITS REFERENCE -- chapter 2 THE TWO NIRVANA THEORY IN THE EARLY CANON -- chapter 3 Developments of the two nirvana theory -- chapter 4 NIRVANA IN THE THERAVADA BUDDHIST TRADITION -- chapter 5 Nirvana in Northern Buddhist schools -- chapter 6 CONCLUSION.
Includes translations from Pali, Sanskrit, and Chinese.
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