Buddhist Saints in India [[electronic resource] ] : A Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451072203321
• Autore: Ray Reginald A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 1999
• ISBN: 1-280-83427-7; 0-19-802363-4; 0-19-535061-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (527 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.3; 294.361
• Soggetti: Buddhism -- History; Buddhist monasticism and religious orders -- Rules; Buddhist saints -- India -- Biography; Buddhist saints; Religious life -- Buddhism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Conventions; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Buddhist Saints and the Two-Tiered Model of Buddhism; 2. Buddha Śāakyamuni as a Saint; 3. Saints of the Theragāthā and Therīgāthā4. Some Orthodox Saints in Buddhism; 5. Saints Criticized and Condemned; 6. Cults of Arhants; 7. The Solitary Saint, the Pratyekabuddha; 8. Bodhisattva Saints of the Forest in Mahāyāna Sutras; 9. Ascetic Traditions of Buddhist Saints; 10. The Buddhist Saints and the Stupa; 11. The Cult of Saints and Buddhist Doctrines of Absence and Presence; 12. The Buddhist Saints and the Process of Monasticization; Conclusion: Toward a Threefold Model of BuddhismBibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The issue of saints is a difficult and complicated problem in Buddhology. In this magisterial work, Ray offers the first comprehensive examination of the figure of the Buddhist saint in a wide range of Indian Buddhist evidence. Drawing on an extensive ; variety of sources, Ray seeks to identify the ""classical type"" of the Buddhist saint, as it provides the presupposition for, and informs, the different major Buddhist saintly types and subtypes. Discussing the nature, dynamics, and history of Buddhist hagiography, he surveys the ascetic codes, conventions and traditions of Buddhist saints, and