Beyond enlightenment Buddhism, religion, modernity
The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon :
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2006.
2017. |
| Series: | Routledge critical studies in Buddhism.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433690006719 |
| Summary: | The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates the tendency of most scholars to ground their study of Buddhism in these particular assumptions about the Buddha's enlightenment and a particular understanding of religion, wh |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134192045 9781134192052 9781280521850 9786610521852 9780203098783 |
