Verskyning en verdwyning van ’n verligte mens: ’n Boeddha in Theravāda perspektief, mistiek vertolk

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JS (Kobus) Krüger

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The book offers an Afrikaans translation in six chapters of selected parts of several Pāli suttas dealing with the birth of a previous Buddha (Vipassi), the previous life of the ‘present’ Buddha (Siddhattha Gotama), his enlightenment experience, and his death; the appearance of the next Buddha (Metteya); and the phenomenon of a ‘silent’ [pacceka] Buddha.

General books on the life of the Buddha usually restrict themselves to probable historical reconstructions of his life and times, with a cursory interest in the role and significance of myth in the Buddha pictures. This book focuses on the role of myth and seeks to plumb the mythological context. This opens a new window on a comparative study of the Buddha and, for example, the mythological encapsulation of the Jesus phenomenon in a thought experiment of a millennium, finding its apex in the High Scholasticism of Thomas of Aquinas. The book focuses on the different ways in which traditional orthodox Christianity sought and seeks to reconcile theory and mythology and on how this important dimension was dealt with in Buddhism.

Chapters

  • Hoofstuk I
    Verband en benadering
    JS (Kobus) Krüger
  • Hoofstuk II
    Vipassī: ’n Vorige Boeddha
    JS (Kobus) Krüger
  • Hoofstuk III
    Gotama Boeddha: Vorige lewens
    JS (Kobus) Krüger
  • Hoofstuk IV
    Gotama Boeddha: Verligting
    JS (Kobus) Krüger
  • Hoofstuk V
    Gotama Boeddha: Lewenseinde
    JS (Kobus) Krüger
  • Hoofstuk VI
    Metteyya: Die volgende Boeddha, en die wêreldeinde
    JS (Kobus) Krüger
  • Hoofstuk VII
    Voorlopig-afsluitende oorwegings
    JS (Kobus) Krüger

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HTS Religion & Society Series
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