Buddha in the Crown

Avalokiteśvara in the Buddhist Traditions of Sri Lanka

Inbunden, Engelska, 1991

Av John Clifford Holt, USA) Holt, John Clifford (Associate Professor of Religion, Associate Professor of Religion, Bowdoin College

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This book offers a case study in religious and cultural change. Sri Lanka is the home of one of Asia's most pluralistic religious cultures; four major religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity - have found a permanent home within its boundaries. This makes it an ideal laboratory for the study of how religious traditions mix.John Holt here examines the career of a single deity, who began as the Indian Mahayana Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, was assimilated to the indigenous Sinhala god Natha, and ultimately became identified with the bodhisattva Maitreya - the next Buddha of the future, expected by virtually all Buddhist traditions of Asia.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum1991-04-11
  • Mått147 x 221 x 26 mm
  • Vikt585 g
  • FormatInbunden
  • SpråkEngelska
  • Antal sidor304
  • FörlagOUP USA
  • ISBN9780195064186