02874nam 22005293u 450 991045107220332120210114013956.01-280-83427-70-19-802363-40-19-535061-8(CKB)1000000000409919(EBL)431209(OCoLC)435942082(MiAaPQ)EBC431209(EXLCZ)99100000000040991920140113d1999|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Buddhist Saints in India[electronic resource] A Study in Buddhist Values and OrientationsOxford Oxford University Press, USA19991 online resource (527 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-513483-4 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 MonasticizationConclusion: Toward a Threefold Model of BuddhismBibliography; IndexThe 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 Buddhism -- HistoryBuddhist monasticism and religious orders -- RulesBuddhist saints -- India -- BiographyBuddhist saintsReligious life -- BuddhismElectronic books.Buddhism -- History.Buddhist monasticism and religious orders -- Rules.Buddhist saints -- India -- Biography.Buddhist saints.Religious life -- Buddhism.294.3294.361Ray Reginald A858451AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910451072203321Buddhist Saints in India1916471UNINA