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" Buddhapada and the Bodhisattva path / "
Anālayo.
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BL
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883779
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| Main Entry
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Anālayo,1962-
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Buddhapada and the Bodhisattva path /\ Anālayo.
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Freiburg :: Projektverlag,, [2017]
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Hamburg Buddhist Studies,; 8
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180 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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3897334151
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: 9783897334151
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-169) and index.
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| Abstract
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Building on his ground-breaking 'The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal', with the present monograph Bhikkhu Analayo approaches a closely related topic from the perspective of the bodily dimension as evident in the thirty-two marks with which, according to tradition, the Buddha was endowed. The study begins by proposing that a cross-fertilization between text and art has influenced the conception of one of these marks, namely the wheel-marks on the soles of the Buddha?s feet. By way of a comparative study of the early discourses, Analayo proceeds to show how the thirty-two marks? initially nearly imperceptible features? came to be more clearly visible and acquired salvific power. Eventually, he argues, these turned into a psychosomatic chart for the bodhisattva path and thereby set a precedent for the prediction (commonplace in later Buddhist doctrine) that assures an aspiring bodhisattva of becoming a Buddha in the future.
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Gautama Buddha-- Physical appearance.
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Gautama Buddha.
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Buddhahood.
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Buddhism-- Doctrines.
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Buddhahood.
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Buddhism-- Doctrines.
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200
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BQ4095.A63 2017
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290sg
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