Buddhist Cosmology: Science and Theology in the Images of Motion and Light

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 195 pages
• Published by: Motilal Banarsidass Pub December 1989
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 8120804635
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-8120804630
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 14.9 ounces

Product Review
"a kind of summary of what is found in western literature on the subject of cosmology" -- Elison Snow, The Pacific World, Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies, vol. 1, no. 3 Spring 1984 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
This work attempts to begin the process of interpreting the major phases of Buddhist Cosmological speculation by seeing in them various dramas of salvation tailored to the philosophical and theological predilections of their respective traditions. To a large extent, this interpretation relies on an examination of continuities between the Buddhist cosmologies and those of the Hellensitic world as a whole. In the course of this study, two major cosmological traditions emerge; those which rely on metaphors of time and those which rely on metaphors on space. The former are associated with the Hinayana and the latter with the Mahayana forms of Buddhism. Each draws on images of motion and light to articulate its vision of the drama of salvation. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.