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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Pye Michael"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Skilful means : a concept in Mahayana Buddhism / / Michael Pye"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"London ; ; New York : , : Routledge : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2003"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-134-38063-1"]
[{"$nulls":4},"1-138-17974-4"]
[{"$nulls":4},"1-280-05002-0"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0-203-50379-1"]
[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[2nd ed.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (222 p.)"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"294.392"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Upāya (Buddhism)"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Buddhism - Doctrines"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Electronic books."]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Previous ed.: London : Duckworth, 1978."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Conventions; Preface to the Second Edition; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; THE INITIAL TEACHING OF SKILFUL MEANS IN THE LOTUS SUTRA; STORIES ABOUT SKILFUL MEANS IN THE LOTUS SUTRA; MYTHOLOGY AND SKILFUL MEANS IN THE LOTUS SUTRA; SKILFUL MEANS IN THE TEACHING OF VIMALAKRTI; SKILFUL MEANS IN THE PERFECTION OF INSIGHT LITERATURE; SKILFUL MEANS IN PRE-MAHAYANA BUDDHISM; THE TERM HBEN IN MODERN JAPANESE; GENERAL OBSERVATIONS; BRIEF NOTE ON THE MAIN TEXTS USED; HISTORICO-CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE LOTUS SUTRA; OCCURRENCES OF FANG-PIEN IN THE LOTUS SUTRA"]
[{"$nulls":4},"OCCURRENCES OF FANG-PIEN IN THE TEACHING OF VIMALAKRTIOCCURRENCES OF FANG-PIEN IN THE PERFECTION OF INSIGHT SUTRAS, ETC; SKILFUL MEANS IN THE RAMGAMASAMDHI SUTRA; Bibliography; Index"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","'Skilful Means' is the key principle of Mahayana, one of the great Buddhist traditions.  First described in the Lotus Sutra, it originates in myths of the Buddha's compassionate plans for raising life from the ceaseless round of birth and death.  His strategies or interventions are 'skilful means' - morally wholesome tricks devised for the purpose of enabling nirvana or enlightenment.  Michael Pye's clear and engaging introductory guide investigates the meaning and context of skilful means in Mayahana Buddhist teachings, whilst tracing its early origins "]
[{"$nulls":4},"in ancient Japanese and Theravada though"]