RT Book
T1 Nirvana: concept, imagery, narrative
A1 Collins, Steven 1951-2018
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2010
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/88339281X
AB The idea of nirvana (Pali nibbāna) is alluring but elusive for non-specialists and specialists alike. Offering his own interpretation of key texts, Steven Collins explains the idea in a new, accessible way - as a concept, as an image (metaphor), and as an element in the process of narrating both linear and cyclical time. Exploring nirvana from literary and philosophical perspectives, he argues that it has a specific role: to provide 'the sense of an ending' in both the systematic and the narrative thought of the Pali imaginaire. Translations from a number of texts, including some dealing with past and future Buddhas, enable the reader to access source material directly. This book will be essential reading for students of Buddhism, but will also have much to teach anyone concerned with Asia and its religions, or indeed anyone with an interest in the ideas of eternal life or timelessness.
OP 197
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN BQ4263
SN 978-0-511-81211-8
K1 Buddhism : Doctrines
K1 Nirvana
K1 Buddhism ; Doctrines
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511812118