| #3814038 in Books | 2006-12-26 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.22 x1.13 x6.38l,1.47 | File type: PDF | 392 pages|
Head, Eyes, Flesh, and Blood is the first comprehensive study of a central narrative theme in premodern South Asian Buddhist literature: the Buddha's bodily self-sacrifice during his previous lives as a bodhisattva. Conducting close readings of stories from Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese, and Tibetan literature written between the third century BCE and the late medieval period, Reiko Ohnuma argues that this theme has had a major impact on the development of Buddhist phil...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Head, Eyes, Flesh, Blood: Giving Away the Body in Indian Buddhist Literature | Reiko Ohnuma. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
