Reconstructing Early Buddhism - Hardcover

Bucknell, Roderick S.

 
9781009236522: Reconstructing Early Buddhism
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1009236520 ISBN 13: 9781009236522
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Addresses key and contested questions regarding early Buddhism, revealing the path of meditative practice most likely followed by the Buddha.

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About the Author

Roderick S. Bucknell holds a doctorate in Chinese linguistics and is an Honorary Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Queensland, where for eighteen years – prior to his retirement – he taught Chinese and Buddhist studies. Having become interested in the techniques of insight meditation on an earlier visit to the country, he was formerly (from 1967–71) a bhikkhu (Buddhist monk) based in Thailand. His previous works include The Twilight Language: Explorations in Buddhist Meditation and Symbolism (1995, co-authored with Martin Stuart-Fox, who has edited and provided the Postscript to the present volume) and Sanskrit Manual: A Quick Reference Guide to the Phonology and Grammar of Classical Sanskrit (2010).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1009236520
ISBN 13 
9781009236522
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
306