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Buddha in the Crown

By Holt, John Clifford

Buddha in the Crown

By Holt, John Clifford

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This book offers a case study in religious and cultural change. Sri Lanka is the home of one of Asia's most pluralistic religious cultures; four major religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity - have found a permanent home within its boundaries. This makes it an ideal laboratory for the study of how religious traditions mix.

John Holt here examines the career of a single deity, who began as the Indian Mahayana Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, was assimilated to the indigenous Sinhala god Natha, and ultimately became identified with the bodhisattva Maitreya - the next Buddha of the future, expected by virtually all Buddhist traditions of Asia.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
308
Release Date:
1991-01-31
Publication Date:
1991-12-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0195064186
ISBN13:
9780195064186
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
568 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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