Nirvana and other buddhist felicities
Auteur :
Collins, Steven
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521570541
Date de publication :
13 mai 1998
Dimensions :
23,6 x 16,1 x 4,2 cm
Poids :
1095 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book discusses nirvana, Buddhist utopias, textuality and the study of premodern civilizations. By setting nirvana in the wider category of Buddhist Felicities and integrating Buddhist texts with South Asian and World history, Steve Collins has developed an interesting approach to the the question: what is nirvana?