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Buddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations

Buddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations

Ray, Reginald A.

Paperback

PhilosophyBuddhismGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0195134834
ISBN13: 9780195134834
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Sep 30 1999
Pages: 528
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.47 Width: 6.16 Depth: 9.24
Language: English
The issue of saints is a difficult and complicated problem in Buddhology. In this magisterial work, Ray offers the first comprehensive examination of the figure of the Buddhist saint in a wide range of Indian Buddhist evidence. Drawing on an extensive variety of sources, Ray seeks to identify the classical type of the Buddhist saint, as it provides the presupposition for, and informs, the different major Buddhist saintly types and subtypes. Discussing the nature, dynamics, and history of Buddhist hagiography, he surveys the ascetic codes, conventions and traditions of Buddhist saints, and the cults both of living saints and of those who have passed beyond. Ray traces the role of the saints in Indian Buddhist history, examining the beginnings of Buddhism and the origin of Mahayana Buddhism.

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