{"product_id":"on-being-buddha-the-classical-doctrine-of-buddhahood-9780791421284","title":"On Being Buddha: The Classical Doctrine of Buddhahood","description":"What is it like to be a Buddha? Is there only one Buddha or are there many? What can Buddhas do and what do they know? Is there anything they cannot do and cannot know? These and associated questions were much discussed by Buddhist thinkers in India, and a complex and subtle set of doctrinal positions was developed to deal with them. This is the first book in a western language to treat these doctrines about Buddha from a philosophical and thoroughly critical viewpoint.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book shows that Buddhist thinkers were driven, when theorizing about Buddha, by a basic intuition that Buddha must be maximally perfect, and that pursuing the implications of this intuition led them into some conceptual dilemmas that show considerable similarity to some of those treated by western theists. The Indian Buddhist tradition of thought about these matters is presented here as thoroughly systematic, analytical, and doctrinal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book's analysis is based almost entirely upon original sources in their original languages. All extracts discussed are translated into English and the book is accessible to nonspecialists, while still treating material that has not been much discussed by western scholars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul J. Griffiths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.91w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791421284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul J. Griffiths\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Divinity School and in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He has previously published books on Buddhist philosophy (\u003ci\u003eOn Being Mindless\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Realm of Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e) and on cross-cultural philosophy and theology (\u003ci\u003eAn Apology for Apologetics\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40133676138611,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b5b34e4e-cef4-4f87-8501-c3ad512208dd.jpg?v=1654175586","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/on-being-buddha-the-classical-doctrine-of-buddhahood-9780791421284","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}