Jātaka stories in Theravāda Buddhism: narrating the Bodhisatta path
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1. Verfasser: Appleton, Naomi 1982- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham, Surrey, England Ashgate Pub. 2010
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Online-Zugang:DE-1046
DE-1047
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-170) and index
1 What is a Jātaka? -- 2 The Bodhisatta in Jātaka Stories -- 3 The Creation of a Jātaka Genre -- 4 Generic Conventions Embraced and Ignored -- 5 Jātakas and Buddhology -- 6 Jātakas and Biography -- 7 Jātaka Ideology in Practice -- 8 The Perfection of Storytelling
"Jātaka stories (stories about the previous births of the Buddha) are very popular in Theravada Buddhist countries, where they are commonly used in sermons, children's books, plays, poetry, temple illustrations, rituals and festivals. Buddhist tradition tells us that the stories illustrate the gradual path to perfection exemplified by the Buddha in his previous births, when he was a Bodhisatta (Buddha-to-be). This book explores the shifting role of the stories in Buddhist doctrine, practice, and creative expression, finally placing this integral Buddhist genre back in the centre of scholarly understandings of the religion."--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:viii, 176 pages
ISBN:9781409410935
1409410935
9781409410928
1409410927

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