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Buddhapada and the Bodhisattva Path
By: Analayo

Buddhapada and the Bodhisattva Path, Analayo
 
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Author: Analayo
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9783897334151
Publication Date: 2017


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Building on his ground-breaking The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal, with the present monograph Bhikkhu Analayo approaches a closely related topic from the perspective of the bodily dimension as evident in the thirty-two marks with which, according to tradition, the Buddha was endowed. The study begins by proposing that a cross-fertilization between text and art has influenced the conception of one of these marks, namely the wheel-marks on the soles of the Buddha's feet. By way of a comparative study of the early discourses, Analayo proceeds to show how the thirty-two marks - initially nearly imperceptible features - came to be more clearly visible and acquired salvific power. Eventually, he argues, these turned into a psychosomatic chart for the bodhisattva path and thereby set a precedent for the prediction (commonplace in later Buddhist doctrine) that assures an aspiring bodhisattva of becoming a Buddha in the future.


Buddhapada and the Bodhisattva Path, Analayo, Hamburg Buddhist Studies, Hardcover, 180 pp, $25.00

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