Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism

副标题: The Doctrinal History of Nirvana

ISBN: 9780415355506

出版社: Routledge

出版年: 2006-9-19

页数: 176

定价: USD 168.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

Soonil Hwang studies the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali "Nikaaya" and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese "aagama" and its traditional interpretation. He clarifies early doctrinal developments of "Nirvana" and traces the word and related terms back to their original metaphorical contexts, elucidating diverse interpretations and doctrinal and philosophical developments in the "abhidharma" exegeses and treatises of Southern and Northern Buddhist schools. The book finally examines which school, if any, kept the original meaning and reference of "Nirvana".