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Buddhism and Postmodern Imaginings in Thailand - The Religiosity of Urban Space (Hardcover, New Ed): James Taylor Buddhism and Postmodern Imaginings in Thailand - The Religiosity of Urban Space (Hardcover, New Ed)
James Taylor
R4,642 Discovery Miles 46 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents a rethink on the significance of Thai Buddhism in an increasingly complex and changing post-modern urban context, especially following the financial crisis of 1997. Defining the cultural nature of Thai 'urbanity'; the implications for local/global flows, interactions and emergent social formations, James Taylor opens up new possibilities in understanding the specificities of everyday urban life as this relates to perceptions, conceptions and lived experiences of religiosity. Changes in the centre are also reverberating in the remaining forests and the monastic tradition of forest-dwelling which has sourced most of the nation's modern saints. The text is based on ethnography taking into account the rich variety of everyday practices in a melange of the religious. In Thailand, Buddhism is so intimately interconnected with national identity and social, economic and ethno-political concerns as to be inseparable. Taylor argues here that in recent years there has been a marked reformulation of important conventional cosmologies through new and challenging Buddhist ideas and practices. These influences and changes are as much located outside as inside the Buddhist temples/monasteries.

Reading Spiritualities - Constructing and Representing the Sacred (Hardcover, New Ed): Dawn Llewellyn Reading Spiritualities - Constructing and Representing the Sacred (Hardcover, New Ed)
Dawn Llewellyn; Edited by Deborah F. Sawyer
R4,629 Discovery Miles 46 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The phenomenon of 'sacred text' has undergone radical deconstruction in recent times, reflecting how religion has broken out of its traditional definitions and practices, and how current literary theories have influenced texts inside the religious domain and beyond. Reading Spiritualities presents both commentary and vivid examples of this evolution, engaging with a variety of reading practices that work with traditional texts and those that extend the notion of 'text' itself. The contributors draw on a range of textual sites such as an interview, Caribbean literature, drama and jazz, women's writings, emerging church blogs, Neopagan websites, the reading practices of Buddhist nuns, empirical studies on the reading experiences of Gujarati, Christian and post-Christian women, Chicana short stories, the mosque, cinema, modern art and literature. These examples open up understandings of where and how 'sacred texts' are emerging and being reassessed within contemporary religious and spiritual contexts; and make room for readings where the spiritual resides not only in the textual, but in other unexpected places. Reading Spiritualities includes contributions from Graham Holderness, Ursula King, Michael N. Jagessar, David Jasper, Anthony G. Reddie, Michele Roberts, and Heather Walton to reflect and encourage the interdisciplinary study of sacred text in the broad arena of the arts and social sciences. It offers a unique and well-focused 'snapshot' of the textual constructions and representations of the sacred within the contemporary religious climate - accessible to the general reader, as well as more specialist interests of students and researchers working in the crossover fields of religious, theological, cultural and literary studies.

Buddhist Meditation - An Anthology of Texts from the Pali Canon (Paperback): Sarah Shaw Buddhist Meditation - An Anthology of Texts from the Pali Canon (Paperback)
Sarah Shaw
R1,780 Discovery Miles 17 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Meditative practice lies at the heart of the Buddhist tradition. This introductory anthology gives a representative sample of the various kinds of meditations described in the earliest body of Buddhist scripture, the Pali canon.

It provides a broad introduction to their traditional context and practice and supplies explanation, context and doctrinal background to the subject of meditation. The main themes of the book are the diversity and flexibility of the way that the Buddha teaches meditation from the evidence of the canon. Covering fundamental features of Buddhist practice such as posture, lay meditation, and meditative technique it provides comments both from the principal early commentators on Buddhist practice, Upatissa and Buddhaghosa, and from reputable modern meditation teachers in a number of Theravadin traditions.

This is the first book on Pali Buddhism which introduces the reader to the wide range of the canon. It demonstrates that the Buddha's meditative tradition still offers a path of practice as mysterious, awe-inspiring yet as freshly accessible as it was centuries ago, and will be of interest to students and scholars of Buddhism as well as Buddhist practitioners.

Dreamworlds of Shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism - The Third Place (Hardcover, New): Angela Sumegi Dreamworlds of Shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism - The Third Place (Hardcover, New)
Angela Sumegi
R1,862 Discovery Miles 18 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This work explores the fertile interaction of Buddhism, shamanism and Tibetan culture with the subject of dreaming. Examining the 'third place' of dreams from these persepctives, Sumegi questions the interpretation of the contradictory Tibetan attitudes towards dreams as a difference between popular and elite religion.

Mahayana Buddhism - The Doctrinal Foundations (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Paul Williams Mahayana Buddhism - The Doctrinal Foundations (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Paul Williams
R4,528 Discovery Miles 45 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Puffs to follow Originating in India, Mahayana Buddhism spread across Asia, becoming the prevalent form of Buddhism in Tibet and East Asia. Over the last twenty-five years Western interest in Mahayana has increased considerably, reflected both in the quantity of scholarly material produced and in the attraction of Westerners towards Tibetan Buddhism and Zen. Paul Williams' Mahayana Buddhism is widely regarded as the standard introduction to the field, used internationally for teaching and research and has been translated into several European and Asian languages. This new edition has been fully revised throughout in the light of the wealth of new studies and focuses on the religion's diversity and richness. It includes much more material on China and Japan, with appropriate reference to Nepal, and for students who wish to carry their study further there is a much-expanded bibliography and extensive footnotes and cross-referencing. Everyone studying this important tradition will find Williams' book the ideal companion to their studies. Paul Williams is Professor of Indian and Tibetan Philosophy and Co-director of the Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Bristol. The author of six books and an editor of a further eight, he is a former President of the UK Association for Buddhist Studies. Among his other books for Routledge is Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition (2000).

Cup of Buddha, A - A Blueprint to Truth (Paperback): Thomas/Craig Cup of Buddha, A - A Blueprint to Truth (Paperback)
Thomas/Craig
R489 R401 Discovery Miles 4 010 Save R88 (18%) Out of stock

A Cup of Buddha: reflections on truth discusses how to take the journey toward inner peace, toward truth in entertaining, simple language beyond the abstract and mystical concepts typically found in eastern philosophy books. The book applies eastern philosophy to western living utilizing pop culture and music metaphors to explore dense topics in an easy to digest format. Individuals are restless, and unhappy. We search for the water to put out our fire of discontent filling this space with self help books, food, new cars, relationships, and more, all with short term satisfaction but our fire still burns. We look outward, we look to others, yet the fire rages. A Cup of Buddha: reflections on truth addresses this fire within each of us, exploring the actual journey toward truth, understanding that each moment in life is everything, and we alone ultimately make this choice toward happiness.

Empowering Mindfulness for Women (Hardcover): Leigh Burrows Empowering Mindfulness for Women (Hardcover)
Leigh Burrows
R3,925 Discovery Miles 39 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Empowering Mindfulness for Women is centred around a a 5-day intensive mindfulness course attended by eight women from different backgrounds. The reader is invited to imagine they are actively participating in the teaching and learning moments and turning points encountered in teaching and learning mindfulness around themes such as making space for mindfulness, safeguarding mindfulness for women, engendering mindfulness, mindfulness dreaming and a mandala of wisdoms. Evocative accounts of experience bring to life the women's growing awareness that mindfulness can be both a separate practice and a natural part of life and that it can help them to nurture what they have neglected in themselves by not tapping into the full spectrum of their experience. Each chapter provides useful follow-up activities and questions for individual or group reflection, journaling, sharing and conversation. Empowering Mindfulness for Women is aimed at those who teach mindfulness to women in educational, community or clinical settings and at women who want to learn mindfulness in a manner that positions them as experts in their own learning.

Buddhism and Cultural Studies - A Profession of Faith (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Edwin Ng Buddhism and Cultural Studies - A Profession of Faith (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Edwin Ng
R2,776 R1,875 Discovery Miles 18 750 Save R901 (32%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the reciprocity between Buddhist, Derridean, and Foucauldian understandings about ethics, subjectivity, and ontological contingency, to investigate the ethical and political potential of insight meditation practice. The book is narrated from the perspective of a postcolonial 'Western Buddhist' convert who, despite growing up in Singapore where Buddhism was a part of his disaporic 'Chinese' ancestral heritage, only embraced Buddhism when he migrated to Australia and discovered Western translations of Buddhist teachings. Through an autoethnography of the author's Buddhist-inspired pursuit of an academic profession, the book develops and professes a non-doctrinal understanding of faith that may be pertinent to 'believers' and 'non-believers' alike, inviting the academic reader in particular to consider the (unacknowledged) role of faith in supporting scholarly practice. Striking a careful balance between critical analysis and self-reflexive inquiry, the book performs in all senses of the word, a profession of faith.

Buddhist Meditation (Hardcover): Edward Conze Buddhist Meditation (Hardcover)
Edward Conze
R1,661 Discovery Miles 16 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As an intensely practical religion, Buddhism has concentrated on devising a great number of meditations. In recent years psychologists have shown great interest in the therapeutic value of these meditations, but accurate information about them has been hard to come by. The most outstanding original documents have now been made accessible by Edward Conze, who translated them from Pali, Sanskrit and Tibetan. The volume, originally published in 1956, also deals with the meaning of Buddhist meditation, and the relation of its methods and presuppositions to modern psychology.

Sacred Koyasan - A Pilgrimage to the Mountain Temple of Saint Kobo Daishi and the Great Sun Buddha (Paperback): Philip L... Sacred Koyasan - A Pilgrimage to the Mountain Temple of Saint Kobo Daishi and the Great Sun Buddha (Paperback)
Philip L Nicoloff
R790 Discovery Miles 7 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Takes the reader on a pilgrimage to Mount Koya, the holy Buddhist mountain in Japan.

What the Buddha Taught (Paperback, New edition): Walpola Rahula What the Buddha Taught (Paperback, New edition)
Walpola Rahula; Foreword by Paul Demieville
R361 Discovery Miles 3 610 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Buddhism continues to enjoy increasing interest in the West, both for its emphasis on reflection and meditation and as an object of scholarship. Drawing the words actually spoken by the Buddha, Rahula gives a full account of his fundamental teachings, from the Buddhist attitude of mind and meditation to the Buddha's teaching in the contemporary world. The text also features a selection of texts from original Buddhist literature.

Mindfulness in Early Buddhism - New Approaches through Psychology and Textual Analysis of Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit Sources... Mindfulness in Early Buddhism - New Approaches through Psychology and Textual Analysis of Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit Sources (Hardcover)
Tse-Fu Kuan
R4,783 Discovery Miles 47 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book identifies what is meant by sati (smrti), usually translated as 'mindfulness', in early Buddhism, and examines its soteriological functions and its central role in the early Buddhist practice and philosophy. Using textual analysis and criticism, it takes new approaches to the subject through a comparative study of Buddhist texts in Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit. It also furnishes new perspectives on the ancient teaching by applying the findings in modern psychology. In contemporary Buddhism, the practice of mindfulness is zealously advocated by the Theravada tradition, which is the only early Buddhist school that still exists today. Through detailed analysis of Theravada's Pali Canon and the four Chinese Agamas - which correspond to the four main Nikayas in Pali and belong to some early schools that no longer exist - this book shows that mindfulness is not only limited to the role as a method of insight (vipassana) meditation, as presented by many Theravada advocates, but it also has a key role in serenity (samatha) meditation. It elucidates how mindfulness functions in the path to liberation from a psychological perspective, that is, how it helps to achieve an optimal cognitive capability and emotional state, and thereby enables one to attain the ultimate religious goal. Furthermore, the author argues that the well-known formula of ekaayano maggo, which is often interpreted as 'the only way', implies that the four satipa.t.thaanas (establishments of mindfulness) constitute a comprehensive path to liberation, and refer to the same as kaayagataa sati, which has long been understood as 'mindfulness of the body' by the tradition. The analysis shows that kaayagataa sati and thefour satipa.t.thaanas are two different ways of formulating the teaching on mindfulness according to different schemes of classification of phenomena.

Reconstructing Early Buddhism (Hardcover): Roderick S. Bucknell Reconstructing Early Buddhism (Hardcover)
Roderick S. Bucknell
R2,640 R2,231 Discovery Miles 22 310 Save R409 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Buddhist origins and discussion of the Buddha's teachings are amongst the most controversial and contested areas in the field. This bold and authoritative book tackles head-on some of the key questions regarding early Buddhism and its primary canon of precepts. Noting that the earliest texts in Pali, Sanskrit and Chinese belong to different Buddhist schools, Roderick S. Bucknell addresses the development of these writings during the period of oral transmission between the Buddha's death and their initial redaction in the first century BCE. A meticulous comparative analysis reveals the likely original path of meditative practice applied and taught by Gautama. Fresh perspectives now emerge on both the Buddha himself and his Enlightenment. Drawing on his own years of meditative experience as a Buddhist monk, the author offers here remarkable new interpretations of advanced practices of meditation, as well as of Buddhism itself. It is a landmark work in Buddhist Studies.

Popularizing Buddhism - Preaching as Performance in Sri Lanka (Paperback): Mahinda Deegalle Popularizing Buddhism - Preaching as Performance in Sri Lanka (Paperback)
Mahinda Deegalle
R724 Discovery Miles 7 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The first book to focus on the ritual practice of Buddhist preaching in Asia,

Environmental Ethics in Buddhism - A Virtues Approach (Hardcover): Pragati Sahni Environmental Ethics in Buddhism - A Virtues Approach (Hardcover)
Pragati Sahni
R4,638 Discovery Miles 46 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Environmental Ethics in Buddhism presents a logical and thorough examination of the metaphysical and ethical dimensions of early Buddhist literature. The author determines the meaning of nature in the early Buddhist context from general Buddhist teachings on dhamma, paticcasamuppada, samsara and the cosmogony of the Agganna Sutta. Consequently, the author shows that early Buddhism can be understood as an environmental virtue ethics. To illustrate this dimension, the Jatakas are used as a source. These are a collection of over five hundred folk tales, which also belong to early Buddhist literature. This work gives an innovative approach to the subject, which puts forward a distinctly Buddhist environmental ethics that is in harmony with traditional teachings as well as adaptable and flexible in addressing environmental problems.

The Trauma of Everyday Life (Paperback): Mark Epstein The Trauma of Everyday Life (Paperback)
Mark Epstein 1
R379 R352 Discovery Miles 3 520 Save R27 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A revolutionary reexamination of trauma's role in the life journey, opening the door to growth and healing Trauma does not just happen to a few unlucky people; it is the bedrock of our psychology. Death and illness touch us all, but even the everyday sufferings of loneliness and fear are traumatic. In The Trauma of Everyday Life renowned psychiatrist and author of Thoughts Without a Thinker Mark Epstein uncovers the transformational potential of trauma, revealing how it can be used for the mind's own development. Western psychology teaches that if we understand the cause of trauma, we might move past it while many drawn to Eastern practices see meditation as a means of rising above, or distancing themselves from, their most difficult emotions. Both, Epstein argues, fail to recognize that trauma is an indivisible part of life and can be used as a lever for growth and an ever deeper understanding of change. When we regard trauma with this perspective, understanding that suffering is universal and without logic, our pain connects us to the world on a more fundamental level. The way out of pain is through it. Epstein's discovery begins in his analysis of the life of Buddha, looking to how the death of his mother informed his path and teachings. The Buddha's spiritual journey can be read as an expression of primitive agony grounded in childhood trauma. Yet the Buddha's story is only one of many in The Trauma of Everyday Life. Here, Epstein looks to his own experience, that of his patients, and of the many fellow sojourners and teachers he encounters as a psychiatrist and Buddhist. They are alike only in that they share in trauma, large and small, as all of us do. Epstein finds throughout that trauma, if it doesn't destroy us, wakes us up to both our minds' own capacity and to the suffering of others. It makes us more human, caring, and wise. It can be our greatest teacher, our freedom itself, and it is available to all of us. Check out Epstein's latest book, Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself.

The Khecarividya of Adinatha - A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of an Early Text of Hathayoga (Hardcover,... The Khecarividya of Adinatha - A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of an Early Text of Hathayoga (Hardcover, illustrated edition annotated edition)
James Mallinson
R4,792 Discovery Miles 47 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Describing one of the most important practices of hathayoga (khecarimudra), the Khecarividya of Adinatha is presented here to an English-speaking readership for the first time. The author, James Mallinson, draws on thirty Sanskrit works, as well as original fieldwork amongst yogins in India who use the practice, to demonstrate how earlier tantric yogic techniques developed and mutated into the practices of hathayoga. Accompanied by an introduction and an extensively annotated translation, the work sheds light on the development of hathayoga and its practices.

Tantric Buddhism and Altered States of Consciousness - Durkheim, Emotional Energy and Visions of the Consort (Hardcover, New... Tantric Buddhism and Altered States of Consciousness - Durkheim, Emotional Energy and Visions of the Consort (Hardcover, New Ed)
Louise Child
R4,636 Discovery Miles 46 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the role of altered states of consciousness in the communication of social and emotional energies, both on a societal level and between individual persons. Drawing from an original reading of Durkheimian social theorists (including Mauss, Hertz, and Hubert) and Jungian psychology, Louise Child applies this analysis to tantric Buddhist ritual and biographical material. She suggests ways in which dreams and visionary experiences (including those related to the 'subtle body') play an important and previously under-explored role in tantric understandings of the consort relationship.

Buddhism, Power and Political Order (Hardcover): Ian Harris Buddhism, Power and Political Order (Hardcover)
Ian Harris
R4,642 Discovery Miles 46 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Weber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to dwell on a variety of politically-related matters. The significance of Asoka Maurya as a paradigm for later traditions of Buddhist kingship is also well-attested. However, there has been little scholarly effort to integrate findings on the extent to which Buddhism interacted with the political order in the classical and modern states of Theravada Asia into a wider, comparative study.
This volume brings together the brightest minds in the study of Buddhism in Southeast Asia. Their contributions create a more coherent account of the relations between Buddhism and political order in the late pre-modern and modern period by questioning the contested relationship between monastic and secular power. In doing so, they expand the very nature of what is known as the 'Theravada'.

Buddhism, Power and Political Order offers new insights for scholars of Buddhism, and it will stimulate new debates.

The Origin of Buddhist Meditation (Hardcover): Alexander Wynne The Origin of Buddhist Meditation (Hardcover)
Alexander Wynne
R4,633 Discovery Miles 46 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Having identified early material that goes back to the Buddha himself, the author argues that the two teachers of the Buddha were historical figures. Based on the early Brahminic literature, namely the early Upanishads and Moksadharma, the author asserts the origin of the method of meditation learned by the Buddha from these teachers, and attempts to use them to identify some authentic teachings of the Buddha on meditation.

Stimulating debate within the field of Buddhist Studies, the following claims are put forward:

  • the Buddha was taught by Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta, as stated in the literature of numerous early Buddhist sects, is historically authentic
  • Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta taught a form of early Brahminic meditation
  • the Buddha must consequently have been trained in a meditative school whose ideology was provided by the philosophical portions of early Upanishads

Shedding new light on a fascinating aspect of the origins of Buddhism, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of Buddhist studies, Asian religion and South Asian studies.

In Search of Buddha's Daughters - A Modern Journey Down Ancient Roads (Hardcover): Christine Toomey In Search of Buddha's Daughters - A Modern Journey Down Ancient Roads (Hardcover)
Christine Toomey
R607 R561 Discovery Miles 5 610 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
New Buddhist Movements in Thailand - Towards an Understanding of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke (Hardcover, Annotated Ed):... New Buddhist Movements in Thailand - Towards an Understanding of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Rory Mackenzie
R4,785 Discovery Miles 47 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Vastly different in belief and practice, two new Buddhist religious movements in Thailand, namely the Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke emerged in Thailand in the 1970s at a time of political uncertainty, social change and increasing dissatisfaction with the Thai Sangha and its leadership.

Examining these movements, which represent two distinctive trends within contemporary Buddhism in Thailand, this book explains why they have come into being, what they have reacted against and what they offer to their members. Both movements have a wide membership outside of Thailand, with temples in the UK, Europe, USA, Japan and Australia. New Buddhist Movements in Thailand will appeal to those interested in Buddhism's confrontation with modernity, and its responses to evolving social issues in Thailand, as well as to those interested in new religions in the broader context of religious studies.

Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan and Sri Lanka - A Critique of the Feminist Perspective (Hardcover, annotated edition): Wei-Yi Cheng Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan and Sri Lanka - A Critique of the Feminist Perspective (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Wei-Yi Cheng
R4,640 Discovery Miles 46 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Taking a comparative approach, this fieldwork-based study explores the lives and thoughts of Buddhist nuns in present-day Taiwan and Sri Lanka. The author examines the postcolonial background and its influence on the modern situation, as well as surveying the main historical, economic, and social factors which influence the position of nuns in society. Based on original research, including interviews with nuns in both countries, the book examines their perspectives on controversial issues and in particular those concerning the status of women in Buddhism. Concerns discussed include allegedly misogynist teachings relating to women's inferior karma, that they cannot become Buddhas, and that nuns have to follow additional rules that monks do not. Bridging the gap between feminist theory and the reality of women in religion, the book makes a distinct contribution to the study of women in Buddhism by focusing on nuns from both of the main wings of Buddhism (Theravada and Mahayana) as well as furthering feminist studies of Buddhism and religion in general.

The "Zhenzheng lun" by Xuanyi - A Buddhist Apologetic Scripture of Tang China (Paperback): Thomas Julch The "Zhenzheng lun" by Xuanyi - A Buddhist Apologetic Scripture of Tang China (Paperback)
Thomas Julch
R1,464 Discovery Miles 14 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Zhenzheng lun (T 2112, Treatise of Revealing the Correct) is a Chinese Buddhist apologetic treatise with a distinct anti-Daoist stance in three juan. It is organized as a dialogue between a Daoist, the "Venerable Obstructed by Customs" (zhisu gongzi ), and the Buddhist "Master Revealing the Correct" (zhenzheng xiansheng ) in which the former is gradually led towards an orthodox Buddhist understanding by the latter through the refutation of his various arguments against Buddhism. Composed in the late 7th century, the text was authored depending on the political interests and strategies of Wu Zhao (624-705), who in 690 was enthroned as Empress Wu Zetian . This study of Thomas Julch offers a richly annotated and complete translation of the Zhenzheng lun along with an introductory part that focuses on reconstructing the political and propagandistic circumstances relevant to the understanding of the Zhenzheng lun.

Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism - The Doctrinal History of Nirvana (Hardcover): Soon-il Hwang Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism - The Doctrinal History of Nirvana (Hardcover)
Soon-il Hwang
R4,773 Discovery Miles 47 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Soonil Hwang studies the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali Nikaaya and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese aagama and its traditional interpretation. He clarifies early doctrinal developments of Nirvana and traces the word and related terms back to their original metaphorical contexts, elucidating diverse interpretations and doctrinal and philosophical developments in the abhidharma exegeses and treatises of Southern and Northern Buddhist schools. The book finally examines which school, if any, kept the original meaning and reference of Nirvana.

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