bokomslag Buddha in the Crown
Filosofi & religion

Buddha in the Crown

John Clifford Holt

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  • 304 sidor
  • 1991
This book offers a case study in religious and cultural change. Sri Lanka is the home of one of Asia's most pluralistic religious cultures; four major religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity - have found a permanent home within its boundaries. This makes it an ideal laboratory for the study of how religious traditions mix.

John Holt here examines the career of a single deity, who began as the Indian Mahayana Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, was assimilated to the indigenous Sinhala god Natha, and ultimately became identified with the bodhisattva Maitreya - the next Buddha of the future, expected by virtually all Buddhist traditions of Asia.
  • Författare: John Clifford Holt
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9780195064186
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 304
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1991-04-01
  • Förlag: OUP USA