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Hans Penner takes a new look at the classic stories of the life of the Buddha. In the first part of the book, he presents a full account of these stories, drawn from various texts of Theravada Buddhism, the Buddhism of South and Southeast Asia. Penner allots one chapter to each of the major milestones in Buddha's life, with titles such as: Birth and Early Life, Flight from the Palace, Enlightenment and Liberation, Last Watch and Funeral. In the process, he brings to the fore dimensions of the myth that have been largely ignored by western scholarship. In Part II, Penner offers his own original interpretations of the legends. He takes issue with Max Weber's assertion that "Buddhism is an other-worldly ascetic religion," a point of view that remains dominant in the received tradition and in most contemporary studies of Buddhism. His central thesis is that the "householder" is a necessary element in Buddhism and that the giving of gifts, which creates merit and presupposes the doctrine of karma, mediates the relation between the householder and the monk. Penner argues that the omission of the householder - in his view one-half of what constitutes Buddhism as a religion - is fatal for any understanding of Buddha's life or of the Buddhist tradition. This boldly revisionist and deeply learned work will be of interest to a wide range of scholarly and lay readers.
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Originaire d'une célèbre famille chiite libanaise, Afif Osseïrane (1919-1988), profondément incroyant, découvrit les Evangiles lors d'une sérieuse crise spirituelle et reçut le baptême dans l'Eglise catholique, à Beyrouth, en 1945. Après un séjour à Louvain, en Belgique, de 1945 à 1949, qui lui permit d'obtenir un doctorat en philosophie et un autre en pensée musulmane, il retourna au Liban et ouvrit un dispensaire pour les enfants de la rue ainsi qu'un jardin d'enfants. Ayant, pour la première fois, rencontré le père Voillaume en 1950, il entra, en 1953, au noviciat de la Fraternité des Petits Frères de Jésus, au Sahara, et fut ensuite envoyé notamment en Iran et en Afghanistan. Quittant la Fraternité avant ses v?ux perpétuels, en 1962, il retourna au Liban et fut ordonné prêtre de l'Eglise maronite dans le diocèse de Beyrouth. Tout en enseignant la philosophie et la langue hébraïque à l'Université libanaise et à l'université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth, il exerça surtout son ministère sacerdotal parmi les plus pauvres, en particulier les enfants et les adolescents, puis fonda le foyer de la Providence divine pour les enfants sans abri. Il mourut en août 1988, considéré comme un saint par sa famille musulmane et par ses frères chrétiens.
Christian biography --- Scholars --- Authors, Arab --- 27 <569.3> --- Persons --- Learning and scholarship --- Christian life --- Christianity --- Christians --- Church biography --- Ecclesiastical biography --- Biography --- Religious biography --- 27 <569.3> Histoire de l'Eglise--Libanon --- 27 <569.3> Kerkgeschiedenis--Libanon --- Histoire de l'Eglise--Libanon --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Libanon --- ʻUsayrān, ʻAfīf, --- Osseiran, Afif --- Osseïrane, Afîf,
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Christian hagiography --- Christian biography --- Autobiography --- Church history --- Hagiographie chrétienne --- Biographies chrétiennes --- Autobiographie --- Eglise --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- Aspect religieux --- Christianisme --- Histoire --- Congresses --- 235.3 --- Vereisten tot heiligverklaring, zaligverklaring--(canon 1999-2141) --- Hagiographie chrétienne --- Biographies chrétiennes --- Autobiographies --- Egodocuments --- Memoirs --- Biography as a literary form --- Hagiography, Christian --- Hagiography --- Christian life --- Christians --- Church biography --- Ecclesiastical biography --- Biography --- Religious biography --- History and criticism --- Technique --- Christian hagiography - Congresses --- Christian biography - Congresses --- Autobiography - Religious aspects - Christianity - Congresses --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 - Congresses --- Hagiographie --- Antiquité chrétienne
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Edición crítica de la vida de la monja colombiana (Bogotá 1671-1741), uno de los más destacados ejemplos de la literatura mística de la América virreinal.
Linguistics, other. --- Linguistics. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General. --- Religious biography. --- Religiosas --- Francisca Josefa de la Concepción de Castillo, --- Religions --- Biography --- Spiritual biography --- Colombian literature. --- Castillo, Francisca Josefa de la Concepción de, --- De la Concepción de Castillo, Francisca Josefa, --- Concepción de Castillo, Francisca Josefa de la, --- De Castillo, Francisca Josefa de la Concepción, --- Castillo y Guevara, Francisca Josefa de, --- Guevara, Francisca Josefa de Castillo y, --- Francisca Josefa de la Concepción, --- Concepción, Francisca Josefa de la, --- De la Concepción, Francisca Josefa, --- Castillo, Francisca Josefa de --- Castillo, Francisca Josefa de la Concepción de, - 1671-1742
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