The Genesis Of The Bodhisattva Ideal Anlayo by Anālayo 9783937816623, 3937816623, 21906769 instant download after payment.

Buddhism has enjoyed a prominent place in the study of Asian religious ideas at Hamburg University for almost 100 years, ever since the birth of Buddhist Studies in Germany. We are proud that our program is housed in one of the pioneering academic institutions in Europe at which the study of Buddhism became a core subject for students focusing on the religious dimensions of South and Central Asia.
With this new publication series, the Center for Buddhist Studies at Hamburg University aims to honor this long-standing commitment to research and share the results of this tradition with the community of scholars and the wider public. Today, Buddhist Studies as an academic discipline makes use of a broad variety of approaches and methods. The field now covers contemporary issues as much as it delves into the historic aspects of Buddhism. Similarly, the questions shaping the field of Buddhist Studies have broadened. It has become clear that understanding Buddhist phenomena as they occur today, as well as how these phenomena are rooted in a distant past, is not a luxury. Rather, such understanding is one of the many challenging duties of modern multicultural societies in a globalized world.My examination falls into three chapters.
In the first chapter I investigate the bodhisattva conception as such, surveying relevant passages from the early discourses.
With the second chapter I turn to the meeting between the previous Buddha Kāśyapa and the bodhisattva Gautama, examining the relation of this meeting to the notion of a vow the bodhisattva took to pursue the path to Buddhahood.
The future Buddha Maitreya is the theme of the third chapter, in which I take up the notion of a prediction a bodhisattva receives in assurance of his future success.