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Buddhapada and the Bodhisattva path /

3897334151

9783897334151

Buddhapada and the Bodhisattva path /

[Book]

Anālayo.

Freiburg :

Projektverlag,

[2017]

180 pages :

illustrations ;

23 cm

Hamburg Buddhist Studies,

8

2190-6769 ;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-169) and index.

Building on his ground-breaking 'The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal', with the present monograph Bhikkhu Analayo approaches a closely related topic from the perspective of the bodily dimension as evident in the thirty-two marks with which, according to tradition, the Buddha was endowed. The study begins by proposing that a cross-fertilization between text and art has influenced the conception of one of these marks, namely the wheel-marks on the soles of the Buddha?s feet. By way of a comparative study of the early discourses, Analayo proceeds to show how the thirty-two marks? initially nearly imperceptible features? came to be more clearly visible and acquired salvific power. Eventually, he argues, these turned into a psychosomatic chart for the bodhisattva path and thereby set a precedent for the prediction (commonplace in later Buddhist doctrine) that assures an aspiring bodhisattva of becoming a Buddha in the future.

Gautama Buddha-- Physical appearance.

Gautama Buddha.

Buddhahood.

Buddhism-- Doctrines.

Buddhahood.

Buddhism-- Doctrines.

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