Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism The Doctrinal History of Nirvana Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism 1st Edition by Soonil Hwang 0415355508 9780415355506

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ISBN 10: 0415355508

ISBN 13: 9780415355506

Author: Soonil Hwang

Soonil Hwang studies the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali Nikaaya and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese aagama and its traditional interpretation. He clarifies early doctrinal developments of Nirvana and traces the word and related terms back to their original metaphorical contexts, elucidating diverse interpretations and doctrinal and philosophical developments in the abhidharma exegeses and treatises of Southern and Northern Buddhist schools. The book finally examines which school, if any, kept the original meaning and reference of Nirvana.

Table of contents:

Part I: The Doctrinal Development of Nirvana in Early Indian Buddhism

1. Nirvana and its reference

2. The two nirvana theory in the early canon

3. Developments of the two nirvana theory

4. Nirvana in the Theravada Buddhist tradition

5. Nirvana in Northern Buddhist schools

6. Conclusion

Part II: Annotated Translations of the Related Texts in Pali, Sanskrit and Chinese
Selected sources for the nirvana concept and the two nirvana theory

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