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

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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.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0195385829
9780195385823