Rediscovering the Buddha : legends of the Buddha and their interpretation /

Hans Penner takes a look at the classic stories of the life of the Buddha. He takes issue with Max Weber's assertion that 'Buddhism is an other-worldly ascetic religion', a point of view that remains dominant in the received tradition and in most contemporary studies of Buddhism.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Penner, Hans H., 1934-2012
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Series:	Oxford scholarship online. Oxford scholarship online. Religion module.
Subjects:	Gautama Buddha. Gautama Buddha Religious biography > India. Biographies religieuses > Inde. Religious biography India Electronic books.
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