Heim Maria (Professor Of Religion And Elizabeth W. Bruss Reader Professor Of Religion And Elizabeth W. Bruss Reader Amherst College) - Voice Of The Buddha Buddhaghosa On The Immeasurable Words - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: How did ancient Buddhists read and interpret the Buddha's words? In Voice of the Buddha Maria Heim reads the early Buddhist scriptures with Buddhaghosa the principal commentator editor and translator of the Theravada intellectual tradition. Buddhaghosa considers the Buddha to be omniscient and his words "oceanic." Every word passage bookindeed the corpus as a wholeis taken to be "endless and immeasurable." Commentarial practice thus requires disciplined methods of expansion drawing out the endless possibilities for meaning and application. Heim considers Buddhagohsa's theories of scripture and follows his practices of exegesis to yield fresh insight into all three collections of the early Pali texts: Vinaya the Suttas and the Abhidhamma.
Title: Voice Of The Buddha Buddhaghosa On The Immeasurable Words
Author(s): Heim Maria (Professor Of Religion And Elizabeth W. Bruss Reader Professor Of Religion And Elizabeth W. Bruss Reader Amherst College)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780190906658
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 10/10/2018
Category: Cultural Studies