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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Tác giả chính: Cole, Alan, 1964-
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Berkeley ; Los Angels : University of California Press 2005.
Loạt:Buddhisms ; 9.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppbbf
Mục lục:
  • 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