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Author Collins, Steven

Title Nirvana : Concept, Imagery, Narrative
Published Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (205 pages)
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Systematic and narrative thought: eternity and closure in structure and story; Chapter 2 Nirvana as a concept; Chapter 3 Nirvana as an image; Chapter 4 Nirvana, time, and narrative; Chapter 5 Past and future Buddhas; Conclusion: Modes of thought, modes of tradition; Notes; Index
Summary An introduction to the Buddhist concept of nirvana, offering its own interpretations of key texts and translations for non-specialist readers
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Subject Buddhism -- Doctrines.
Nirvana.
Utopias -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Utopias -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
Buddhism -- Doctrines
Nirvana
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780511680120
0511680120