Buddhist saints in India : a study in Buddhist values and orientations / Reginald A. Ray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ray, Reginald A., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist saints.

Buddhism--India.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (527 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

The issue of ideal types, or saints, in Buddhism is a difficult and complicated problem in Buddhology. In this magisterial work, Reginald Ray offers the first comprehensive examination of the figure of the Buddhist saint in a wide range of Indian Buddhist sources.

Contents:

Contents; Conventions; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Buddhist Saints and the Two-Tiered Model of Buddhism; 2. Buddha Śāakyamuni as a Saint; 3. Saints of the Theragāthā and Therīgāthā4. Some Orthodox Saints in Buddhism; 5. Saints Criticized and Condemned; 6. Cults of Arhants; 7. The Solitary Saint, the Pratyekabuddha; 8. Bodhisattva Saints of the Forest in Mahāyāna Sutras; 9. Ascetic Traditions of Buddhist Saints; 10. The Buddhist Saints and the Stupa; 11. The Cult of Saints and Buddhist Doctrines of Absence and Presence; 12. The Buddhist Saints and the Process of Monasticization; Conclusion: Toward a Threefold Model of Buddhism; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 21, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-773844-3

1-280-83427-7

0-19-802363-4

0-19-535061-8

OCLC:

435942082