Empty Vision : Metaphor and Visionary Imagery in Mahayana Buddhism.

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Visual metaphors in a number of Mahayana sutras construct a discourse in which visual perception serves as a model for knowledge and enlightenment. In the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) and other Mahayana literature, immediate access to reality is symbolized by vision and set in opposition to...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McMahan, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Routledge critical studies in Buddhism.
Temas:
Mahayana Buddhism.
Imagination > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Metaphor > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Bouddhisme Mahāyāna.
Mahayana.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Imagination > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Visual metaphors in a number of Mahayana sutras construct a discourse in which visual perception serves as a model for knowledge and enlightenment. In the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) and other Mahayana literature, immediate access to reality is symbolized by vision and set in opposition to language and conceptual thinking, which are construed as obscuring reality. In addition to its philosophical manifestations, the tension between vision and language also functioned as a strategy of legitimation in the struggle of the early heterodox Mahayana movement for authority and legitimacy. T.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (238 pages)
ISBN:9781136857263
1136857265

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