[PDF.62wa] Ties That Bind: Maternal Imagery and Discourse in Indian Buddhism

Ties That Bind: Maternal Imagery and Discourse in Indian Buddhism

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 | #2505912 in Books |  Oxford University Press |  2012-07-11 |  2012-07-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.00 x1.00 x9.20l,.85 | File type: PDF | 288 pages

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|| ||"In this wonderfully well-balanced book, Reiko Ohnuma insightfully explores the complex ways in which motherhood is both valued and undermined in the Indian Buddhist tradition. By masterfully comparing and contrasting traditions about the Buddha's two mothers

Reiko Ohnuma offers a wide-ranging exploration of the complex role of maternal imagery and discourse in pre-modern South Asian Buddhism. Motherhood was sometimes extolled as the most appropriate symbol for buddhahood itself, and sometimes denigrated as the most paradigmatic manifestation of attachment and suffering. In Buddhist literature, feelings of love and gratitude for the mother's nurturance frequently mingle with submerged feelings of hostility and resentment for...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Ties That Bind: Maternal Imagery and Discourse in Indian Buddhism   |  Reiko Ohnuma. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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