Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon

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Routledge, Oct 11, 2013 - Social Science - 255 pages
Demonstrates how the four noble truths are used thorughout the Pali canon as a symbol of Buddha's enlightenment and as a doctrine within a larger network of Buddha's teachings. Their unique nature rests in their function as a proposition and as a symbol in the Theravada canon.
 

Contents

A Historical Context for the Four Noble Truths
1
Cultivating Religious Experiences Doctrine and Diṭṭhi
28
Stories and Symbols of the Buddhas Enlightenment
55
Analyzing the Four Noble Truths
85
Abhidhamma Analysis of the Four Noble Truths
108
The Four Noble Truths and the Path
131
Studies of the Four Noble Truths in Europe and the United States
168
Symbols Propositions and Religious Experiences
212
Glossary
233
Bibliography
236
Index
251
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Carol S. Anderson

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