02788 am 22006493u 450 991034823720332120170816122104.01-134-19204-51-134-19205-31-280-52185-697866105218520-203-09878-110.4324/9780203098783 (CKB)1000000000359349(EBL)268606(OCoLC)475994224(SSID)ssj0000110904(PQKBManifestationID)11778095(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110904(PQKBWorkID)10074200(PQKB)10036444(MiAaPQ)EBC268606(OCoLC)71303801(EXLCZ)99100000000035934920180331d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeyond enlightenment Buddhism, religion, modernity /Richard CohenNew York :Routledge,2006.1 online resource (256 p.)Routledge critical studies in BuddhismDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-54444-0 0-415-37294-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.BOOK COVER; HALF TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. A BENIGN INTRODUCTION; 2. A PLACE OF EXCEPTIONAL UNIVERSAL VALUE; 3. A TALE OF TWO HISTORIES; 4. THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF ENLIGHTENMENT; 5. WHAT DO GODS HAVE TO DO WITH ENLIGHTENMENT?; 6. A BAROQUE CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXThe vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates the tendency of most scholars to ground their study of Buddhism in these particular assumptions about the Buddha's enlightenment and a particular understanding of religion, whRoutledge critical studies in Buddhism.Enlightenment (Buddhism)EnlightenmentReligious awakeningComparative studiesElectronic books.Enlightenment (Buddhism)Enlightenment.Religious awakening294.3442Cohen Richard1963,993038MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910348237203321Beyond enlightenment2273928UNINA