Research Catalog
Buddhist scriptures as literature : sacred rhetoric and the uses of theory
- Title
- Buddhist scriptures as literature : sacred rhetoric and the uses of theory / Ralph Flores.
- Author
- Flores, Ralph.
- Publication
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2008.
Available Online
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | *OLWD 08-2570 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- vii, 223 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-218) and index.
- Contents
- Fictions of reading: Westerners and Buddhist texts -- A prince transformed: the Nikāyas, the Nidānakathā, Aśvaghoşa's Acts of the Buddha -- The Buddha awakening: the Nikāyas -- Winning conversions: the Nikāyas -- Passing on: the Nikāyas -- Figures of right speech: the Dhammapada -- Joyous negations: the Heart sutra -- Masters of emptiness: The gateless barrier and Zen folktales -- Extreme giving: The vessantara jātaka and Shantideva's A guide to the bodhisattva way of life -- Final emergency reading: The Tibetan book of the dead -- Epilogue: Images in the reader.
- Call Number
- *OLWD 08-2570
- ISBN
- 9780791473399 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0791473392 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007016827
- OCLC
- 123818279
- Author
- Flores, Ralph.
- Title
- Buddhist scriptures as literature : sacred rhetoric and the uses of theory / Ralph Flores.
- Imprint
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-218) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- *OLWD 08-2570