Early Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism I: Recent Scholarship
A good deal of important scholarship on early Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism has been done in recent years. Well established theories, such as the theory that the Mahāyāna arose as a lay reaction to the arhat ideal and the theory that it arose from the monastic lineage, have been rejected, and a number of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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Religion compass
Year: 2010, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 55-65 |
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| Summary: | A good deal of important scholarship on early Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism has been done in recent years. Well established theories, such as the theory that the Mahāyāna arose as a lay reaction to the arhat ideal and the theory that it arose from the monastic lineage, have been rejected, and a number of new theories, perhaps most notably theories linking Mahāyāna to forest ascetics and to a ‘cult of the book,’ have been put forward. Part 1 of this article surveys and evaluates these recent developments. Part 2 will present a number of new perspectives for future scholarship. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-8171 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2009.00195.x |