1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910149666603321

Autore

Radich Michael

Titolo

The Mahaparinirvana-mahasutra and the emergence of Tathagatagarbha doctrine / / Michael Radich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg : , : Hamburg University Press, , 2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 pages)

Collana

Hamburg Buddhist studies

Disciplina

294.385

Soggetti

Tathāgatagarbha (Buddhism)

Buddhism - Doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Famously, tathāgatagarbha doctrine holds that every sentient being has within the body a womb for Buddhas, or an embryonic Buddha--the potential for full buddhahood. Previous scholars have seen this doctrine as originating in the Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra. In this book, Michael Radich argues that rather, the Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra is most likely our earliest extant tathāgatagarbha text. Radich then argues that tathāgatagarbha ideas originated as part of a wider pattern of docetic Buddhology--ideas holding that Buddhists are not really as they appear. Buddhist docetic texts are clearly troubled by the notion that Buddhas could have flesh-and-blood human mothers. The Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra is one such text, and tathāgatagarbha functions as a better substitute for imperfect human maternity: rather than a putrid, painful human womb, buddhahood springs from a "womb" inherent in every sentient being, which promises final liberation from flesh altogether. This book should interest readers concerned with the history of Buddhist ideas, gender in Buddhism, the early Mahāyāna, the cult of the Buddha's relics, and relations between Buddhist ideas and practice"-- Back cover



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910697456803321

Titolo

Industrial sites [[electronic resource] ] : an approach to cleanup

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Las Vegas, Nev.] : , : [Nevada Site Office], , 2008

Descrizione fisica

2 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Radioactive waste disposal - Nevada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Aug. 25, 2008).

"June 2008."

"DOE/NV 936 REV1."

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960194303321

Titolo

Annual World Bank conference on development economics, Europe 2002-2003 : toward pro-poor policies--aid, institutions, and globalization / / edited by Bertil Tungodden, Nicholas Stern, and Ivar Kolstad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2004

ISBN

1-280-08414-6

9786610084142

1-4175-0793-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

vii, 355 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm

Collana

Annual World Bank Conference on development economics--Europe ; ; 2003

Altri autori (Persone)

TungoddenBertil

SternN. H (Nicholas Herbert)

KolstadIvar

Disciplina

330.9172/4

Soggetti

Development economics - Developing countries

Developing countries Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Toward Pro-Poor Policies: An Overview -- Part I. Aid -- Scaling Up: The Challenge of Monterrey -- New Perspectives on Aid Effectiveness -- In Search of the Holy Grail: How to Achieve Pro-Poor Growth? -- Aid and Growth Revisited: Policy, Economic Vulnerability, and Political Instability -- New Poverty Reduction Strategies: Old Wine in New Bottles? -- Part II. Institutions -- Crisis, Political Institutions, and Policy Reform: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- State Failure in Developing Countries and Institutional Reform Strategies -- States, Reforms, and Institutional Change: The Dynamics of Failure -- Inequality before and under the Law: Paths of Long-Run Development in the Americas -- The Transition Process in Postcommunist Societies: Toward a Political Economy of Property Rights -- Part III. Globalization -- Lessons from the 1997-98 East Asian Crises -- Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment: Globalization-Induced Changes and the Role of Policies -- Income Distribution, Factor Endowments, and Trade Openness -- Globalizing Talent and Human Capital: Implications for Developing Countries -- The Economics of the Brain Drain Turned on Its Head -- Appendix: Program.

Sommario/riassunto

This annual conference has become a key event in Europe for the discussion of development issues. It is a unique platform for many of the world's finest development thinkers and experienced policymakers to present their perspectives, ideas, and to challenge researchers and senior staff of the World Bank and other organizations with their views. These papers look at a number of compelling issues surrounding the topic of development.