Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon

By Carol Anderson and Carol Shively Anderson

Book Overview

Demonstrates how the four noble truths are used thorughout the Pali canon as a symbol of Buddha's enlightenment and as a doctrine within a larger network of Buddha's teachings. Their unique nature rests in their function as a proposition and as a symbol in the Theravada canon.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138862312
• ISBN13: 9781138862319
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"