Echoes from an Empty Sky
Subtitle: the Origins of the Buddhist Doctrine of the Two Truths
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications
Published: April 25, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781559392204
Subjects: Tibetan Buddhism; Religion; Eastern - General; Religion - World Religions; Truth; Buddhism - General; Religion / Eastern; Doctrines; Buddhism; Religious aspects
Description: "The important Buddhist doctrine of the two truths - conventional truths and ultimate truths - is the subject of this book. It examines how the doctrine evolved within early Buddhism from efforts to make sense of contradictions within the collected sayings of the Buddha. Unlike prior books on this topic, which concentrate on the doctrine within the context of the Mahayana, Buescher's examines it within the context of the Hinayana."--BOOK JACKET.