Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon
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.
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Contents
A Historical Context for the Four Noble Truths
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Cultivating Religious Experiences Doctrine and Diṭṭhi
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28 |
Stories and Symbols of the Buddhas Enlightenment
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55 |
Analyzing the Four Noble Truths
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85 |
Abhidhamma Analysis of the Four Noble Truths
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108 |
The Four Noble Truths and the Path
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131 |
Studies of the Four Noble Truths in Europe and the United States
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168 |
Symbols Propositions and Religious Experiences
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212 |
Glossary
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Other editions - View all
Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon Carol Anderson No preview available - 2013 |
Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravāda Buddhist Canon Carol S. Anderson No preview available - 2001 |
Common terms and phrases
abhidhamma Abhidhamma-piṭaka analysis analyzed arahat arising of pain Ariyapariyesana-sutta Assaji attainment Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire Bhayabherava-sutta bhikkhus brahmans Buddha Buddha's enlightenment Buddha's teachings Buddhaghosa Burnouf Ceylon chapter Collected Papers commentary corruptions āsavā cosmos craving cultivate defined dependent arising dhamma dhamma talk dhamma-eye Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta dhammacakkhu discourse discussion diṭṭhi doctrine Durkheim eightfold path ending of pain explains followers four noble truths four truths Gethin graduated talk India insight arose jhāna Koṇḍañña logical Mahāvagga mātikā means Moggallāna nibbāna nirvāņa noble truths appear Oldenberg Pali Pāli canon Pāli Text parinibbāna passage propositions rebirth reference religion religious experience Ricoeur right view sammādiṭṭhi Samyutta-nikāya Sanskrit Sāriputta scholars Sinhalese Sperber spheres of sense Sri Lanka stories stream-winner studies of Buddhism sutta Sutta-piṭaka symbol T. W. Rhys Davids Tathāgata taught Theravada canon tradition translated Vallée Poussin Vappa Vibhanga vinaya Vinaya-piṭaka Weber wrong views Yamaka