Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 568 g
Avalokitesvara in the Buddhist Traditions of Sri Lanka
Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 568 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-506418-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press
This book offers a case study in religious and cultural change. Sri Lanka is the home of one of Asia's most pluralistic religious cultures; four major religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity - have found a permanent home within its boundaries. This makes it an ideal laboratory for the study of how religious traditions mix.
John Holt here examines the career of a single deity, who began as the Indian Mahayana Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, was assimilated to the indigenous Sinhala god Natha, and ultimately became identified with the bodhisattva Maitreya - the next Buddha of the future, expected by virtually all Buddhist traditions of Asia.
