Voice of the Buddha - 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 Voice of the Buddha write by Maria Heim. This book was released on 2018-09-12. Voice of the Buddha available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What would a Buddhist theory of texts look like through the lens of the 5th-century thinker Buddhaghosa? In Voice of the Buddha, Maria Heim reads from the principal commentator, editor, and translator of the Theravada intellectual tradition, yielding fresh insight into all three collections of the early Pali texts: Vinaya, the Suttas, and the Abhidhamma. Buddhaghosa considered the Buddha to be omniscient, the Buddha's words to be "oceanic." Every word, passage, book--indeed the corpus as a whole--is taken to be "endless and immeasurable" in Buddhaghosa's view. Commentarial practice thus requires disciplined methods of expansion, drawing out the endless possibilities for meaning and application. Heim considers Buddhaghosa's theories of texts, and follows his practices of exegesis to discover how he explored scripture's infinity. By examining the significance of the immeasurability of scripture in commentarial practice and as a general principle, this book offers new tools to understand the huge scriptural and commentarial literature of the Pali tradition. And by taking seriously a traditional commentator's theory of texts, it beckons us to learn from commentaries themselves how we might read and interpret them and the texts on which they comment.
Transcending
Transcending - 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 Transcending write by Kevin Manders. This book was released on 2019-10-22. Transcending available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A compelling collection of the many voices and experiences of trans, genderqueer, and nonbinary Buddhists Transcending brings together more than thirty contributors from both the Mahayana and Theravada traditions to present a vision for a truly inclusive trans Buddhist sangha in the twenty-first century. Shining a light on a new generation of Buddhist role models, this book gives voice to those who have long been marginalized within the Buddhist world and society at large. While trans, genderqueer, and nonbinary practitioners have experienced empowerment and healing through their commitment to the Buddha, dharma, and sangha, they also share their experiences of isolation, transphobia, and aggression. In this diverse collection we hear the firsthand accounts, thoughts, and reflections of trans Buddhists from a variety of different lineages in an open invitation for all Buddhists to bring the issue of gender identity into the sangha, into the discourse, and onto the cushion. Only by doing so can we develop insight into our circumstances and grasp our true, essential nature.
The Voice of the Buddha, the Beauty of Compassion
The Voice of the Buddha, the Beauty of Compassion - 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 Voice of the Buddha, the Beauty of Compassion write by . This book was released on 1983. The Voice of the Buddha, the Beauty of Compassion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Forerunner of All Things
The Forerunner of All Things - 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 Forerunner of All Things write by Maria Heim. This book was released on 2013-11. The Forerunner of All Things available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Scholars have long been intrigued by the Buddha's defining action (karma) as intention. This book explores systematically how intention, agency, and moral psychology were interpreted in all branches of early Theravada thought, paying special attention to the thought of the 5th-century commentator Buddhaghosa.
Queer Dharma
Queer Dharma - 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 Queer Dharma write by Winston Leyland. This book was released on 1998. Queer Dharma available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Over 35 writers are featured in this pioneering book discussing how they integrate being gay and their spirituality as Buddhists.
