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020			_a9780511812118 (ebook)
020			_z9780521881982 (hardback)
020			_z9780521708340 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aBQ4263 _b.C653 2010
082	0	0	_a294.3423 _222
100	1		_aCollins, Steven, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aNirvana : _bConcept, Imagery, Narrative / _cSteven Collins.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource (204 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThe idea of nirvana (Pali nibbāna) is alluring but elusive for non-specialists and specialists alike. Offering his own interpretation of key texts, Steven Collins explains the idea in a new, accessible way - as a concept, as an image (metaphor), and as an element in the process of narrating both linear and cyclical time. Exploring nirvana from literary and philosophical perspectives, he argues that it has a specific role: to provide 'the sense of an ending' in both the systematic and the narrative thought of the Pali imaginaire. Translations from a number of texts, including some dealing with past and future Buddhas, enable the reader to access source material directly. This book will be essential reading for students of Buddhism, but will also have much to teach anyone concerned with Asia and its religions, or indeed anyone with an interest in the ideas of eternal life or timelessness.
650		0	_aNirvana
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521881982
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511812118
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
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