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" "BUDDHISM, RELIGION, AND THE CONCEPT OF "GOD"" "
Ilkka Pyysiäinen
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AL
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1078867
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LA122496
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10.1163/156852703321506141
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English
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Ilkka Pyysiäinen
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"BUDDHISM, RELIGION, AND THE CONCEPT OF "GOD"" [Article]\ Ilkka Pyysiäinen
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Leiden: Brill
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Numen
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2003
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50/2
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147–171
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"It is here argued that, although the Buddha and the buddhas are not regarded as gods by Buddhists, they clearly fulfill the criteria of "counter-intuitive agents" as they have been presented by Pascal Boyer. To the extent that religion can be understood as human thought, action, and experience that involve counter-intuitive representations, Buddhism does not have to be the problematic touchstone for a global concept of religion. It is here argued that, although the Buddha and the buddhas are not regarded as gods by Buddhists, they clearly fulfill the criteria of "counter-intuitive agents" as they have been presented by Pascal Boyer. To the extent that religion can be understood as human thought, action, and experience that involve counter-intuitive representations, Buddhism does not have to be the problematic touchstone for a global concept of religion."
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10.1163/156852703321506141
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