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alagaddupama
Alagaddupama Sutta
Anaphoric Pronoun
Author_Richard F. Gombrich
Brahminical traditions
Buddha's Teaching
Buddha’s Teaching
Buddhist allegory interpretation
Buddhist metaphor analysis
Buddhist Sanskrit Text
canon
Canonical Utterance
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Conditioned Genesis
davids
Dependent Origination
digha
Early Buddhism
early Buddhist philosophy
Early Mahayana
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Fire Sermon
Hiuen Tsiang
Holy Men
louis
Maha Parinibbana Sutta
Main Verb
Naked Ascetic
Nikaya
origins of Buddhist doctrinal development
pali
Pali Canon
Pali canon studies
Past Passive Participle
pitaka
Raft Simile
religious debates India
rhys
sutta
Sutta Pitaka
Tevijja Sutta
Textus Receptus
UK Branch
Vinaya Pitaka
Water Snake
Product details
- ISBN 9780415371230
- Weight: 530g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 2005
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Written by one of the world's top scholars in the field of Pali Buddhism, this new and updated edition of How Buddhism Began, discusses various important doctrines and themes in early Buddhism. It takes 'early Buddhism' to be that reflected in the Pali canon, and to some extent assumes that these doctrines reflect the teachings of the Buddha himself. Two themes predominate. Firstly, the author argues that we cannot understand the Buddha unless we understand that he was debating with other religious teachers, notably Brahmins. The other main theme concerns metaphor, allegory and literalism. This accessible, well-written book is mandatory reading for all serious students of Buddhism.
Oxford University, UK
