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Voice of the Buddha: Buddhaghosa on the Immeasurable Words
by Maria Heim (Author),
OUP US (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
About the Book: Voice of the Buddha: Buddhaghosa on the Immeasurable Words
'How did ancient Buddhists read and interpret the Buddhas words? In Voice of the
Buddha, Maria Heim reads the early Buddhist scriptures with Buddhaghosa, the
principal commentator, editor, and translator of the Theravada intellectual
tradition. Buddhaghosa considers the Buddha to be omniscient and his words
"oceanic." Every word, passage, bookindeed, the corpus as a wholeis taken to be
"endless and immeasurable." Commentarial practice thus requires disciplined
methods of expansion, drawing out the endless possibilities for meaning and
application. Heim considers Buddhagohsas theories of scripture and follows his
practices of exegesis to yield fresh insight into all
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9780190945299
Language English
Binding Hard Bound
Publisher OUP US
Publishing Date 2018-10
Total Pages 288