Text as Father
Subtitle: Paternal Seductions in Early Mahayana Buddhist Literature (Buddhisms)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: August 29, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9780520242760
Subjects: Buddhism; Religion - World Religions; Mahayana Buddhism; Religion; Religious aspects; Buddhism - General; Religion / General; General; Doctrines; Paternalism; Sacred books
First sentence: Though Buddhism was constructed around the act of "leaving the family," the motif of paternity is actually quite prominent in Buddhist discourse.