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Miracles and Superhuman Powers in South Asian Buddhist Literature |
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Fiordalis, David V.
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| Date | 2008 |
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| Pages | 244 |
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| Publisher | The University of Michigan |
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http://www.press.umich.edu/
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| Location | Michigan, US [密西根州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Degree | doctor |
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| Institution | University of Michigan |
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| Department | Asian Languages and Cultures |
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| Publication year | 2008 |
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| Note | A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. |
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| Table of contents | Table of Contents
Dedication………………………………………………………………………………ii
Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………iii
List of Abbreviations……………………………………………………………………..ix
Chapter
I. Introduction…………………………………………………………………..1
Senses of Miracle………………..…………………………………………….1
South Asian Buddhist Literature…………………………………………..…10
Buddhist Miracle Tales: Text and Context…………………………………..13
II. The Buddhist Miracle………………………………………………………22
The Smile of the Buddha……………………….……………………………22
Miracles of Superhuman Power and Teaching the Dharma…………………31
Three Monastic Rules (and Various Exceptions)……………...……….……38
The Buddhist Miracle: Two “Discursive Strands”…………………………..47
Conclusion………………………………………………………………55
III. Miracle Types, Miracle Tales………………………………………………62
Miracle Tales in South Asian Buddhist Literature…………………..………64
Three Types of Miracle in Narrative Form……………………………..……71
Conflicts and Motivations…………………………………………….…..…87
A Crescendo of Miracles…………………………………………….………97
An Act of Truth and the Rhetoric of the Miracle…………………….……101
Conclusion…………………………………………………………….……107
IV. Superhuman Powers and the Buddhist Path…………………………....112
The Constituents of Awakening…………………………………………….115
Various Types of Superhuman Powers………………...…………………120
Acquisition, Use, and Failure of Superhuman Powers……………………134
Common and Noble, Mundane and “Transcendent”………….….......……140
Hierarchies of Beings……………………………….………………………146
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………154
V. Miracles and Magic in Mahāyāna Buddhist Literature……………...…161
One Buddha, Many Buddhas (also, Buddhas and their Bodies)…………..163
Miraculous Visions of Many Worlds……………………….………………168
The Buddha as Magician; Reality as a Magical Illusion…………………173
The Miracles of the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa…………………………………….185
The Vision of Maitreya’s Tower……………………………………………196
Conclusion……………………………………………………………….…201
VI. Final Reflections………..……….…………………………………………208
Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………218 |
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| Created date | 2015.01.19 |
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| Modified date | 2016.05.16 |
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