The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal

The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal

Autor/innen

Bhikkhu Anālayo
Universität Hamburg

Schlagworte

Mahayana, Bodhisattva Ideal, Maitreya Buddha, Buddhism, Early Buddhis

Über dieses Buch

In this book, Bhikkhu Anālayo investigates the genesis of the bodhisattva ideal, one of the most important concepts in the history of Buddhist thought. He brings together material from the corpus of the early discourses preserved mainly in Pāli and Chinese that appear to have influenced the arising of the bodhisattva ideal. Anālayo convincingly shows that the early sources do not present compassionate concern for others as a motivating force for the Buddha’s quest for awakening. He further offers an analysis of the only reference to Maitreya in the Pāli canon, showing that this reference is most likely a later addition. In sum, Bhikkhu Anālayo is able to delineate a gradual genesis of central aspects of the bodhisattva ideal by documenting (1) an evolution in the bodhisattva concept reflected in the early discourses, (2) the emergence of the notion of a vow to pursue the path to buddhahood, and (3) the possible background for the idea of a prediction an aspirant to buddhahood receives from a former buddha. Please see also Anālayo: The Dawn of Abhidharma (Hamburg Buddhist Studies, 2).


Veröffentlicht

25-10-2010

Gedruckte Ausgabe

ISBN: 978-3-937816-62-3

178 Seiten, 12 Abb., Hardcover,
Maße: 155 x 220 mm,
Druckausgabe nicht verfügbar

Sprache(n)

Englisch

Reihe

Hamburg Buddhist Studies , Bd. 1, ISSN (print): 2190-6769

Copyright (c) 2010 Bhikkhu Anālayo

Zitationsvorschlag

Anālayo, B. (2010). The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal (Bd. 1). Hamburg University Press. https://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/oa-pub/catalog/book/223