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dc.contributor.authorKrüger, .S.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-09T15:15:51Z
dc.date.available2023-05-09T15:15:51Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifierONIX_20230509_9781776342266_3
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62939
dc.languageAfrikaans
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHTS Religion & Society Series
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: generalen_US
dc.subject.otherBuddha
dc.subject.otherTheravada
dc.subject.otherJesus Christ
dc.subject.otherMahaparinibbana Sutta
dc.subject.otherMahapadana Sutta
dc.subject.otherMahagovinda Sutta
dc.subject.otherPali
dc.titleVerskyning en verdwyning van ‘n verligte mens
dc.title.alternative‘n Boeddha in Theravāda perspektief, mistiek vertolk
dc.typebook
oapen.abstract.otherlanguageThe book offers an Afrikaans translation (in six chapters) of selected parts of a number of Pali suttas dealing with the birth of a previous Buddha (Vipassi); a previous life of the 'present' Buddha (Siddhattha Gotama), his enlightenment experience, and his death; the appearance of the next Buddha (Metteya); and the phenomenon of a 'silent' (pacceka) Buddha. Standard books on the life of the Buddha usually restrict themselves to probable historical reconstructions of his life and times, with a cursory interest in the role and significance of myth in the Buddha pictures. The proposed new book focuses on the role of myth and seeks to plumb the mythological context. This opens a new window on a comparative study of the Buddha and, for example, the mythological encapsulation of the Jesus phenomenon in a thought experiment of a millennium, finding its apex in the High Scholasticism of Thomas of Aquinas. The book seeks to focus on the different ways in which traditional orthodox Christianity sought, and seeks, to reconcile theory and mythology and on the manner in which this important dimension was dealt with in Buddhism.
oapen.identifier.doi10.4102/aosis.2022.BK321
oapen.relation.isPublishedByd7387d49-5f5c-4cd8-8640-ed0a752627b7
oapen.relation.isbn9781776342266
oapen.relation.isbn9781776342242
oapen.imprintAOSIS Publishing
oapen.series.number13
oapen.pages324
oapen.place.publicationCape Town


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