Text as Father : Paternal Seductions in Early Mahayana 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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Los Angels :
University of California Press,
2005.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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