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200 10$aBuddhist Saints in India$b[electronic resource] $eA Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations
210   $aOxford $cOxford University Press, USA$d1999
215   $a1 online resource (527 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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327   $aContents; Conventions; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Buddhist Saints and the Two-Tiered Model of Buddhism; 2. Buddha S?a?akyamuni as a Saint; 3. Saints of the Theraga?tha? and Theri?ga?tha?4. 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 Maha?ya?na 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
327   $aConclusion: Toward a Threefold Model of BuddhismBibliography; Index
330   $aThe 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 
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