Text as father : paternal seductions in early Mahāyāna Buddhist literature /
Alan Cole sheds new light on the origin & nature of Mahāyāna Buddhism with close readings of four well-known texts: the Lotus Sūtra, Diamond Sūtra, Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra, & Vimalakīrtinirdeśa.
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| פורמט: | Licensed eBooks |
| שפה: | אנגלית |
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Berkeley ; Los Angels :
University of California Press
2005.
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| סדרה: | Buddhisms ;
9. |
| גישה מקוונת: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppbbf |
תוכן הענינים:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Text as Father; 2. Who's Your Daddy Now? Reissued Paternity in the Lotus Sutra; 3. The Domino Effect: Everyone and His Brother Convert to the Lotus Sutra; 4. "Be All You Can't Be" and Other Gainful Losses in the Diamond Sutra; 5. Sameness with a Difference in the Tathagatagarbha Sutra; 6. Vimalakirti, or Why Bad Boys Finish First; Conclusion: A Cavalier Attitude toward Truth-Fathers; Bibliography; Index