03424nam 2200781 a 450 991096849610332120241107101007.01-135-78850-21-135-78849-91-280-15657-00-203-99483-310.4324/9780203994832 (CKB)1000000000253240(EBL)242061(OCoLC)475959777(SSID)ssj0000235662(PQKBManifestationID)11924769(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235662(PQKBWorkID)10256299(PQKB)11351463(Au-PeEL)EBL242061(CaPaEBR)ebr10166145(CaONFJC)MIL15657(OCoLC)252990464(MiAaPQ)EBC242061(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/39620(OCoLC)50028701(FINmELB)ELB157930(ODN)ODN0004066683(oapen)doab39620(EXLCZ)99100000000025324020020606d2002 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReligious motivation and the origins of Buddhism a social-psychological exploration of the origins of a world religion /Torkel BrekkeLondon ;New York RoutledgeCurzon20021 online resource (161 pages)RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in BuddhismDescription based upon print version of record.0-7007-1683-1 0-7007-1684-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-146) and index.Introduction; 1 The Historical Value Of The Khandhaka Of The Khandhaka Of The Vinaya Pitaka; 2 Religious Motivation And The Relationship Between The Early Samgha And The Laity; 3 Religious Motivation And The Theme Of Conversion In Buddhism; 4 Social Psychology And The Religious Motivation Of The Early Buddhists; 5 Religious Motivation And The Role Of Fear; 6 Religious Motivation And The Merit Of Giving; Notes; Bibliography; IndexWhy did people in North India from the 5th century BC choose to leave the world and join the sect of the Buddha? This is the first book to apply the insights of social psychology in order to understand the religious motivation of the people who constituted the early Buddhist community. It also addresses the more general and theoretically controversial question of how world religions come into being, by focusing on the conversion process of the individual believer.RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism.BuddhistsIndiaHistoryTo 324 B.CBuddhist convertsPsychologyConversionBuddhismBuddhist sanghasBuddhismSocial aspectsBuddhistsHistoryBuddhist convertsPsychology.ConversionBuddhism.Buddhist sanghas.BuddhismSocial aspects.294.3/442PHI000000REL007010SOC008000bisacshBrekke Torkel853973MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968496103321Religious motivation and the origins of Buddhism1906630UNINA