Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon

Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon - Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

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Demonstrates how the four noble truths are used thorughout the Pali canon as a symbol of Buddha's enlightenment and as a doctrine within a larger network of Buddha's teachings. Their unique nature rests in their function as a proposition and as a symbol in the Theravada canon.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781138862319
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 294.391
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Weight: 385g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 14mm