Buddhist scriptures as literature [electronic resource] : sacred rhetoric and the uses of theory / Ralph Flores.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-218) and index.
Fictions of reading: Westerners and Buddhist texts -- A prince transformed: the Nik�ayas, the Nid�anakath�a, A�svagho�sa's Acts of the Buddha -- The Buddha awakening: the Nik�ayas -- Winning conversions: the Nik�ayas -- Passing on: the Nik�ayas -- Figures of right speech: the Dhammapada -- Joyous negations: the Heart sutra -- Masters of emptiness: The gateless barrier and Zen folktales -- Extreme giving: The vessantara j�ataka and Shantideva's A guide to the bodhisattva way of life -- Final emergency reading: The Tibetan book of the dead -- Epilogue: Images in the reader.
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