Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravāda Buddhist Canon, Volume 24Demonstrates how the four noble truths are used thorughout the Pali canon as a symbol of Buddha's enlightenment and as a doctrine within a larger network of Buddha's teachings. Their unique nature rests in their function as a proposition and as a symbol in the Theravada canon. |
Contents
A Historical Context for the Four Noble Truths | 1 |
Cultivating Religious Experiences Doctrine and Diṭṭhi | 28 |
Stories and Symbols of the Buddhas Enlightenment | 55 |
Analyzing the Four Noble Truths | 85 |
Abhidhamma Analysis of the Four Noble Truths | 108 |
The Four Noble Truths and the Path | 131 |
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Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon Carol Anderson Limited preview - 2013 |
Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon Carol Anderson Limited preview - 2013 |
Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravāda Buddhist Canon Carol S. Anderson No preview available - 2001 |
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abhidhamma Abhidhamma-piṭaka analysis analyzed arahat arising of pain Ariyapariyesana-sutta Assaji attainment Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire bhikkhus brahmans Buddha Buddha's enlightenment Buddha's teachings Buddhaghosa Burnouf Ceylon chapter Collected Papers commentary corruptions āsavā cosmos craving cultivate defined dependent arising dhamma dhamma talk dhamma-eye Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta dhammacakkhu discourse discussion diṭṭhi doctrine Durkheim eightfold path ending of pain explains followers four noble truths four truths Gethin graduated talk higher knowledge History India insight arose jhāna knowledge arose Koṇḍañña logical London Mahāvagga mātikā means Moggallāna nibbāna nirvāņa noble truths appear Oldenberg Pali Pāli canon Pāli Text Society parinibbāna passage propositions rebirth reference religion religious experience Ricoeur right view sammādiṭṭhi Samyutta-nikāya Sanskrit Sariputta scholars Sinhalese Sperber spheres of sense Sri Lanka stories stream-winner studies of Buddhism sutta symbol T. W. Rhys Davids Tathāgata taught Theravada canon tradition translated Vallée Poussin Vibhanga vinaya Weber wrong views Yamaka