Nirvana : concept, imagery, narrative / / Steven Collins [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Collins Steven <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 197 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 294.3423
• Soggetto topico: Nirvana; Buddhism - Doctrines
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Systematic and narrative thought: eternity and closure in structure and story; Chapter 2 Nirvana as a concept; Chapter 3 Nirvana as an image; Chapter 4 Nirvana, time, and narrative; Chapter 5 Past and future Buddhas; Conclusion: Modes of thought, modes of tradition; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The idea of nirvana (Pali nibbāna) is alluring but elusive for non-specialists and specialists alike. Offering his own interpretation of key texts, Steven Collins explains the idea in a new, accessible way - as a concept, as an image (metaphor), and as an element in the process of narrating both linear and cyclical time. Exploring nirvana from literary and philosophical perspectives, he argues that it has a specific role: to provide 'the sense of an ending' in both the systematic and the narrative thought of the Pali imaginaire. Translations from a number of texts, including some dealing with past and future Buddhas, enable the reader to access source material directly. This book will be essential reading for students of Buddhism, but will also have much to teach anyone concerned with Asia and its religions, or indeed anyone with an interest in the ideas of eternal life or timelessness.
• Titolo autorizzato: Nirvana
• ISBN: 1-107-21112-3; 1-282-53898-5; 9786612538988; 0-511-81211-6; 0-511-67887-8; 0-511-68210-7; 0-511-67762-6; 0-511-68408-8; 0-511-68012-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808210303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II