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How Buddhism Acquired a Soul on the Way to China
Jungnok Park
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Description for How Buddhism Acquired a Soul on the Way to China
Paperback. The book examines how the Chinese made use of raw material imported from India and added some seasoningsA" peculiar to China and developed their own recipesA" about how to construct the ideas of Buddhism. Series: Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; HRE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Why did some Buddhist translators in China interpolate terms designating an agent which did not appear in the original texts? The Chinese made use of raw material imported from India; however, they added some seasoningsA peculiar to China and developed their own recipesA about how to construct the ideas of Buddhism. While Indian Buddhists constructed their ideas of self by means of empiricism, anti-Brahmanism and analytic reasoning, the Chinese Buddhists constructed their ideas of self by means of non-analytic insights, utilising pre-established epistemology and cosmogony. Furthermore, many of the basic renderings had specific implications that were ... Read more
Why did some Buddhist translators in China interpolate terms designating an agent which did not appear in the original texts? The Chinese made use of raw material imported from India; however, they added some seasoningsA peculiar to China and developed their own recipesA about how to construct the ideas of Buddhism. While Indian Buddhists constructed their ideas of self by means of empiricism, anti-Brahmanism and analytic reasoning, the Chinese Buddhists constructed their ideas of self by means of non-analytic insights, utilising pre-established epistemology and cosmogony. Furthermore, many of the basic renderings had specific implications that were ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs
Condition
New
Weight
400g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845539979
SKU
V9781845539979
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About Jungnok Park
Jungnok Park (1971-2008) was a Korean student of outstanding intelligence and originality. He began his university education only after spending 10 years (1989-1999) as a Buddhist monk. He had a brilliant career in the Dept. of Philosophy at Seoul National University; his MA thesis was on Nirvana and Buddhist Ethics. In 2003 he came to Wolfson College, ... Read more
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