TY - BOOK ID - 7505998 TI - Nirvana : concept, imagery, narrative PY - 2010 SN - 9780521708340 0521708346 9780521881982 0521881986 9780511812118 9780511677625 0511677626 9780511682100 0511682107 0511812116 0511684088 9780511684081 1107211123 1282538985 9786612538988 0511678878 0511680120 9781107211124 9781282538986 6612538988 9780511678875 9780511680120 PB - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Nirvana. KW - Buddhism KW - Doctrines. KW - Nirvana KW - 294.3 KW - 294.3 Boeddhisme--(algemeen) KW - 294.3 Boeddhisme:--verder in te delen zoals 291.1/.8 KW - Boeddhisme--(algemeen) KW - Boeddhisme:--verder in te delen zoals 291.1/.8 KW - Buddhist doctrines KW - Buddhist theology KW - Lamaist doctrines KW - Eightfold Path KW - Eschatology KW - Doctrines KW - Utopias KW - Religious aspects KW - Buddhism. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Religion KW - Bouddhisme UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7505998 AB - The idea of nirvana (Pali nibbāna) is alluring but elusive for non-specialists and specialists alike. Offering his own interpretation of key texts, Steven Collins explains the idea in a new, accessible way - as a concept, as an image (metaphor), and as an element in the process of narrating both linear and cyclical time. Exploring nirvana from literary and philosophical perspectives, he argues that it has a specific role: to provide 'the sense of an ending' in both the systematic and the narrative thought of the Pali imaginaire. Translations from a number of texts, including some dealing with past and future Buddhas, enable the reader to access source material directly. This book will be essential reading for students of Buddhism, but will also have much to teach anyone concerned with Asia and its religions, or indeed anyone with an interest in the ideas of eternal life or timelessness. ER -