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: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2006.
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| Series: | Routledge critical studies in Buddhism.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 237 pages) : illustrations, plans |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-226) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203098781 9780203098783 9786610521852 6610521859 9780415372947 0415372941 1134192045 9781134192045 |