Power, Wealth and Women in Indian Mahayana Buddhism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Power, Wealth and Women in Indian Mahayana Buddhism write by Douglas Osto. This book was released on 2008-11-19. Power, Wealth and Women in Indian Mahayana Buddhism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the concepts of power, wealth and women in the important Mahayana Buddhist scripture known as the Gandavyuha-sutra, and relates these to the text’s social context in ancient Indian during the Buddhist Middle Period (0–500 CE). Employing contemporary textual theory, worldview analysis and structural narrative theory, the author puts forward a new approach to the study of Mahayana Buddhist sources, the ‘systems approach’, by which literature is viewed as embedded in a social system. Consequently, he analyses the Gandavyuha in the contexts of reality, society and the individual, and applies these notions to the key themes of power, wealth and women. The study reveals that the spiritual hierarchy represented within the Gandavyuha replicates the political hierarchies in India during Buddhism’s Middle Period, that the role of wealth mirrors its significance as a sign of spiritual status in Indian Buddhist society, and that the substantial number of female spiritual guides in the narrative reflects the importance of royal women patrons of Indian Buddhism at the time. This book will appeal to higher-level undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars of religious studies, Buddhist studies, Asian studies, South Asian studies and Indology.
The Flower Ornament Scripture
The Flower Ornament Scripture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Flower Ornament Scripture write by Thomas Cleary. This book was released on 1993-10-12. The Flower Ornament Scripture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A masterful translation of one of the most influential Buddhist sutras—the Avatamsaka Sutra—by one of the greatest translators of Buddhist texts of our time Known in Chinese as Hua-yen and in Japanese as Kegon-kyo, the Avatamsaka Sutra, or Flower Ornament Scripture, is held in the highest regard and studied by Buddhists of all traditions. Through its structure and symbolism, as well as through its concisely stated principles, it conveys a vast range of Buddhist teachings. This one-volume edition contains Thomas Cleary’s definitive translation of all thirty-nine books of the sutra, along with an introduction, a glossary, and Cleary’s translation of Li Tongxuan’s seventh-century guide to the final book, the Gandavyuha, “Entry into the Realm of Reality.”
The Gandavyuha sutra, critically ed
The Gandavyuha sutra, critically ed - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Gandavyuha sutra, critically ed write by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki. This book was released on . The Gandavyuha sutra, critically ed available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Gandavyuha Sutra Critically Edited by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki and Hokei Idzumi
The Gandavyuha Sutra Critically Edited by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki and Hokei Idzumi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Gandavyuha Sutra Critically Edited by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki and Hokei Idzumi write by Sanskrit Buddhist Texts Publishing Society. This book was released on 1934. The Gandavyuha Sutra Critically Edited by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki and Hokei Idzumi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Entry Into the Realm of Reality
Entry Into the Realm of Reality - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Entry Into the Realm of Reality write by . This book was released on 1989. Entry Into the Realm of Reality available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
