Maitreya, the Future Buddha

Previous owners name neatly in ink on front free end-paper. Otherwise clean and straight with clean text and a strong binding. Dust-jacket has a couple of short and closed tears and is otherwise straight, clean and complete. 304 pp.

From Publisher:

Originally published in 1988, this book is a multidisciplinary and cross-cultural study of the legend that has evolved around the figure of Maitreya, which followers of the Buddha Siddh rtha Gautama had agreed would be the future Buddha, and the substantial influence of this legend on Buddhist culture. Arising out of an international conference held at Princeton University, this collection of twelve essays by specialists in textual studies, art history and cultural anthropology examines the origins of the Maitreya tradition in South Asia as well as a variety of culturally specific expressions of the tradition as it developed in China, Korea, Vietnam and Japan. The essays explore the various expectations Buddhist practitioners have had of Maitreya and examine the iconographic and ritualistic symbols associated with this messianic and millenarian figure. Several essays also examine the controversy regarding circumstances under which the figure has sometimes taken on apocalyptic and eschatological characteristics."

Product Info

ISBN: 0521343445

ISBN-13: 9780521343442

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Year: 1988-04-29

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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