The Problem of Becoming a Bodhisattva and the Emergence of Mahāyāna
This essay examines how nikāya traditions and early Mahāyānists understood the bodhisattva path. It makes the point that these traditions shared the understanding that it is only possible to enter the path in the presence of a living Buddha and that it is thus impossible for any person now living to...
| Subtitles: | "History, Performativity, and Solidarity in the Study of Mahāyāna Sūtra Literature" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2021
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| In: |
History of religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 61, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-172 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nikāya
/ Bodhisattva ideal
/ Mahayana
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| IxTheo Classification: | BL Buddhism |
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