Ascetic Figures Before and in Early Buddhism: The Emergence of Gautama as the Buddha 3110098962, 9783110098969

Early Buddhist Society: The World of Gautama Buddha 9781438491233, 9781438491240

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Gautama Buddha : In Life and Legend 9781497633513

A "reverential and revealing" biography of Siddhartha, the ancient Indian spiritual teacher upon whose teachin

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Conjuring the Buddha: Ritual Manuals in Early Tantric Buddhism 9780231556187

Jacob P. Dalton offers a history of early tantric Buddhist ritual through the lens of the Tibetan manuscripts discovered

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Conjuring the Buddha: Ritual Manuals in Early Tantric Buddhism 9780231556187

Jacob P. Dalton offers a history of early tantric Buddhist ritual through the lens of the Tibetan manuscripts discovered

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Buddha and the Gospel of Buddhism 0806510986

The aim of this book is to set forth as simply as possible the gospel of Buddhism according to the Buddhist scriptures,

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Gautama Buddha: Education for Wisdom 9811617643, 9789811617645

This book examines some of the key elements of Buddhist education theory, in particular about educating for wisdom, the

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The Concept of the Buddha: Its Evolution from Early Buddhism to Trikaya Theory [first ed.]

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Gautama The Buddha and Karl Marx: A Critique and Comparative Study of their Systems of Representation

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Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism 9780824861735

Burning for the Buddha is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the body"(self

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Ascetic Strains in Early Judaism 9781463214296

Reviewing the relevant Jewish and Christian literature the author demonstrates that though there is no mandate for ascet

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