The notion of solitude in Pali Buddhist literature : finding a space in the crowd / Indaka N. Weerasekera.
| Author/creator | Weerasekera, Indaka Nishan author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | xi, 254 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- 1. Lonely becomes the Path: Renunciation and Community -- 2. Right Solitude and the Gradual Path -- 3. Alone at the End of the Path -- 4. Singleness, the Khaggavisāṇa-sutta and tales of paccekabuddhas -- 5. The Call to the Forest: Solitude and the Language of the Landscape -- 6. United in Mind, Separated by Body: Solitude and Companionship in Buddhist Narrative -- Conclusion -- Bibiliography -- Index. |
| Abstract | "The book explores a diversity of sources to explore how solitary or forest-based practices are celebrated in some parts of the Pali 'imaginaire'. It provides a detailed and sustained analysis of a Buddhist understanding of solitude from one of its early textual traditions, and illuminates the paradox between two apparently 'competing' lifestyles of community and seclusion and discuss their relation and interplay"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Weerasekera, Indaka Nishan. Notion of solitude in Pali Buddhist literature 1. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024 9781350426078 |
| LCCN | 2023048271 |
| ISBN | 9781350426061 |
| ISBN | 1350426067 |
| ISBN | 9781350426108 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1350426105 |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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