Saccakiriya

Kong, Choy Fah:
Saccakiriyā : the belief in the power of true speech in Theravāda Buddhist tradition / Choy Fah Kong. - Singapore : Choy Fah Kong, 2012. - XVII, 285 S.
Hochschulschrift. Teilw. zugl.: London, Univ., Diss., 2006
ISBN 978-981-07-2603-4
EUR 34,54 (Lehmanns)
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DDC: 294.342041

Aus dem Inhalt
Acknowledgements. xii
Abbreviations. xiv
Introduction: Seeing and Thinking from a Simple Equation. 1
1. Rhetorical displacement of the term 'truth' (sacca). 20
2. Act of Truth: declaration of fact or performance of duty? 56
3. True statement. 82
4. Manifestation: power of true speech (sacca) or power of contemplative thought (jhāna)? 116
5. Validation of relic veneration: the Buddha's power of true speech or his intention? 136
Conclusions. 193
Concluding remarks. 205
Notes. 207
Bibliography. 249
Index. 276

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