ISBN: 9789004766396 - buddha of two faces: presence and absence in indic buddhism (numen book series, 185, band 185) (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: New. How can we explain the diversity of Indic Buddhism, its many different images of worship and its (apparently) dramaticalterations in doctrine? This book demonstrates that they reflect the tensions between the meanings of Buddha's absence and presence and the wide variety of combinatory resolutions of those tensions which were brought into being. The meanings of absence and presence were encoded in separate systems of meaning-signified, respectively, in words and in images. Albeit antithetical, these meanings operated in a complementary manner. However, the nature of that complementarity altered during the course of three different phases of the religion's history.…

Hardback. Zustand: New. How can we explain the diversity of Indic Buddhism, its many different images of worship and its (apparently) dramaticalterations in doctrine? This book demonstrates that they reflect the tensions between the meanings of Buddha's absence and presence and the wide variety of combinatory resolutions of those tensions which were brought into being. The meanings of absence and presence were encoded in separate systems of meaning-signified, respectively, in words and in images. Albeit antithetical, these meanings operated in a complementary manner. However, the nature of that complementarity altered during the course of three different phases of the religion's history.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How can we explain the diversity of Indic Buddhism, its many different images of worship and its (apparently) dramatic alterations in doctrine This book demonstrates that they reflect the tensions between the meanings of Buddha's absence and presence and the wide variety of combinatory resolutions of those tensions which were brought into being. The meanings of absence and presence were encoded in separate systems of meaning--signified, respectively, in words and in images. Albeit antithetical, these meanings operated in a complementary manner. However, the nature of that complementarity altered during the course of three different phases of the religion's history.…

Hardcover. Zustand: new. Hardcover. How can we explain the diversity of Indic Buddhism, its many different images of worship and its (apparently) dramaticalterations in doctrine? This book demonstrates that they reflect the tensions between the meanings of Buddhas absence and presence and the wide variety of combinatory resolutions of those tensions which were brought into being. The meanings of absence and presence were encoded in separate systems of meaningsignified, respectively, in words and in images. Albeit antithetical, these meanings operated in a complementary manner. However, the nature of that complementarity altered during the course of three different phases of the religions history. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: new. Hardcover. How can we explain the diversity of Indic Buddhism, its many different images of worship and its (apparently) dramaticalterations in doctrine? This book demonstrates that they reflect the tensions between the meanings of Buddhas absence and presence and the wide variety of combinatory resolutions of those tensions which were brought into being. The meanings of absence and presence were encoded in separate systems of meaningsignified, respectively, in words and in images. Albeit antithetical, these meanings operated in a complementary manner. However, the nature of that complementarity altered during the course of three different phases of the religions history. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 372 pages. 6.10x2.00x9.25 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Hardcover. Zustand: new. Hardcover. How can we explain the diversity of Indic Buddhism, its many different images of worship and its (apparently) dramaticalterations in doctrine? This book demonstrates that they reflect the tensions between the meanings of Buddhas absence and presence and the wide variety of combinatory resolutions of those tensions which were brought into being. The meanings of absence and presence were encoded in separate systems of meaningsignified, respectively, in words and in images. Albeit antithetical, these meanings operated in a complementary manner. However, the nature of that complementarity altered during the course of three different phases of the religions history. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…