"Joy and delight to the minds of the wise" : the nature and function of narrative in the Dhammapada Commentary

This work is intended as an exploration and development in a Buddhist context of a previously neglected area in the study of sacred texts, identified by William Graham as "the sensual dimension", or the response of a community to its sacred texts. The focus of the study is the Dhammapada C...

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Main Author: Haswell, Jennifer Isobel
Published: University of Edinburgh 1998
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.652225