Buddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations

by Reginald A. Ray

Book Overview

The issue of saints is a difficult and complicated problem in Buddhology. In this magisterial work, Ray offers the first comprehensive examination of the figure of the Buddhist saint in a wide range of Indian Buddhist evidence. Drawing on an extensive variety of sources, Ray seeks to identify the "classical type" of the Buddhist saint, as it provides the presupposition for, and informs, the different major Buddhist saintly types and subtypes. Discussing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195134834
• ISBN13: 9780195134834
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"