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THE AESTHETICS OF AUTHORITY: EMOTIONS, DEVOTION AND POWER IN THE SINHALA BUDDHIST LITERATURE OF MEDIEVAL SRI LANKA
… divergences in aesthetic philosophy from Pali Buddhist and Sanskrit literature to that of medieval Sri Lanka. Special attention is given to the association of moral authority with the capacity for literary and artistic production, and the means by which persons are so entitled. The project …
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Social and political ideas of early Buddhism
… Indian tradition were first laid in the oldest literature of the Vedic period (the Vedic Samhitas and the Brahmanas). These ideas were later developed through varied channels such as the literature of Brahmanical law books (Smrtis), Epics and Puran as, Kautilya's Arthasastra, unorthodox …
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Social and political ideas of early Buddhism
… Indian tradition were first laid in the oldest literature of the Vedic period (the Vedic Samhitas and the Brahmanas). These ideas were later developed through varied channels such as the literature of Brahmanical law books (Smrtis), Epics and Puran as, Kautilya's Arthasastra, unorthodox …
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The Tibetan lam-rim genre : a comparative study focussing on five representative texts
… texts belonging to the lam-rim genre of Tibetan Buddhist literature. Although a few works from within this important genre have been translated into western languages, there has hitherto been no attempt to study the genre as a whole or to compare any of the diverse works found within it. The …
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Thus have I read: the place of reading in the practice of Buddhism
… dissertation seeks to address a perceived gap in Buddhist studies by suggesting that reading constitutes a valid strategy of practice and a useful phenomenon to analyse Buddhist roles and identities. <br/><br/>Aims and objectives: This study aims to explore several occurrences of reading in …
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Interpreting the Vajra Rosary: Truth and Method Meets Wisdom and Method
… Rosary, one of the explanatory Tantras of the Buddhist Guhyasamaja, or Secret Community, Tantric system, and a partial translation of Alamkakalasa's Commentary, sets out a novel hermeneutic method by which twenty-first century scholars of religion might approach the interpretation of the Tantra …