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Nagarjuna in Context : Mahayana Buddhism and Early Indian Culture / Joseph Walser.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (368 p.) : 2 mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231131643
  • 9780231506236
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3/92 22
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction -- 1. Locating Mahāyāna -- 2. Locating Nāgārjuna -- 3. Mahāyāna and the Constraints of Monastic Law -- 4. Mahāyāna Sūtras as Monastic Property -- 5. On the Parasitic Strategies of Mahāyāna -- 6. Abhidharma and Sectarian Identity -- 7. Nāgārjuna and the Abhidharma -- Conclusion: Toward the Outline of a Career -- Appendix: The Authorship of the Ratnāvalī -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Joseph Walser provides the first examination of Nagarjuna's life and writings in the context of the religious and monastic debates of the second century CE. Walser explores how Nagarjuna secured the canonical authority of Mahayana teachings and considers his use of rhetoric to ensure the transmission of his writings by Buddhist monks. Drawing on close textual analysis of Nagarjuna's writings and other Buddhist and non-Buddhist sources, Walser offers an original contribution to the understanding of Nagarjuna and the early history of Buddhism.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction -- 1. Locating Mahāyāna -- 2. Locating Nāgārjuna -- 3. Mahāyāna and the Constraints of Monastic Law -- 4. Mahāyāna Sūtras as Monastic Property -- 5. On the Parasitic Strategies of Mahāyāna -- 6. Abhidharma and Sectarian Identity -- 7. Nāgārjuna and the Abhidharma -- Conclusion: Toward the Outline of a Career -- Appendix: The Authorship of the Ratnāvalī -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Joseph Walser provides the first examination of Nagarjuna's life and writings in the context of the religious and monastic debates of the second century CE. Walser explores how Nagarjuna secured the canonical authority of Mahayana teachings and considers his use of rhetoric to ensure the transmission of his writings by Buddhist monks. Drawing on close textual analysis of Nagarjuna's writings and other Buddhist and non-Buddhist sources, Walser offers an original contribution to the understanding of Nagarjuna and the early history of Buddhism.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)