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dc.contributor.authorF. Gombrich, Richard-
dc.contributor.editorCharles S. Prebish and Damien Keownen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-19T08:31:02Z-
dc.date.available2019-06-19T08:31:02Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.isbn0–415–37123–6-
dc.identifier.urihttp://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/73330-
dc.descriptionThis book, the second edition of How Buddhism Began, takes a fresh look at the earliest Buddhist texts and offers various suggestions how the teachings in them had developed. Two themes predominate. Firstly, it argues that we cannot understand the Buddha unless we understand that he was debating with other religious teachers, notably Brahmins. The other main theme concerns metaphor, allegory and literalism. By taking the words of the texts literally – despite the Buddha’s warning not to – successive generations of his disciples created distinctions and developed doctrines far beyond his original intention. This accessible, well-written book by one of the world’s top scholars in the field of Pali Buddhism is mandatory reading for all serious students of Buddhism.en_US
dc.languageEnen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.subjectThe conditioned genesisen_US
dc.titleHow Buddhism Began The conditioned genesis of the early teachingsen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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