The Thousand and One Lives of the Buddha
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The Thousand and One Lives of the Buddha

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Thousand and One Lives of the Buddha

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Information

Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9780824893545
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Buddhism

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. Foreword
  3. Introduction
  4. Part One: Myth and History
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. The Legend of the Buddha between History and Myth
  7. 2. A Bit of Historiography
  8. 3. An Unfindable Biography
  9. Part Two: The Life of the Buddha as Narrative and Paradigm
  10. Introduction
  11. 4. The Life of the Buddha in Acts
  12. 5. Secondary Episodes
  13. 6. Previous Lives
  14. 7. Dramatis Personae
  15. 8. Māra, the Fallen Demon King
  16. 9. The Life of the Buddha as a Paradigm
  17. 10. New Conceptions of the Buddha
  18. Part Three: The Unending Story
  19. Introduction
  20. 11. Chinese Lives of the Buddha
  21. 12. Japanese Lives
  22. 13. The Illustrated Nirvāṇa
  23. 14. The Buddha as Seen by His Rivals
  24. 15. Japanese Biographies and Criticisms
  25. 16. The Indian Buddha as Seen from the West
  26. 17. The Modern Buddha
  27. Epilogue
  28. Notes
  29. Bibliography
  30. Index
  31. ABOUT THE AUTHOR