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How Buddhism Began: The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings - Jordan Lectures in Comparative Religion
Richard F. Gombrich
How Buddhism Began: The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings - Jordan Lectures in Comparative Religion
Richard F. Gombrich
This volume takes a look at the earliest Buddhist texts and offers various suggestions as to how the teachings in them developed. One chapter suggests that we cannot understand the Buddha unless we understand that he was debating with other religious teachers, notably brahmins.
140 pages, bibliography, index
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | 1996 |
ISBN13 | 9780485174175 |
Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Pages | 140 |
Dimensions | 138 × 216 × 13 mm · 371 g |
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