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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348223003321

Autore

Hwang Soon-il <1968, >

Titolo

Metaphor and literalism in Buddhism : the doctrinal history of nirvana / / Hwang, Soonil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

1-134-25434-2

1-134-25435-0

1-280-54946-7

9786610549467

0-203-00193-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Routledge critical studies in Buddhism Metaphor and literalism in Buddhism

Disciplina

294.3423

Soggetti

Nirvana

Agama

Utopias - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Buddhism - Doctrines

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-157) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1. NIRVANA AND ITS REFERENCE; 2. THE TWO NIRVANA THEORY IN THE EARLY CANON; 3. DEVELOPMENTS OF THE TWO NIRAVANA THEORY; 4. NIRVANA IN THE THERAVADA BUDDHIST TRADITION; 5. NIRAVANA IN NORTHERN BUDDHIST SCHOOLS; 6. CONCLUSION; SELECTED SOURCES FOR THE NIRVANA CONCEPT AND THE TWO NIRVANA THEORY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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 re