Jataka Stories in Theravada Buddhism Narrating the Bodhisatta Path 1st Edition By Naomi Appleton ISBN 1409410927 9781409410928
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ISBN 10: 1409410927
ISBN 13: 9781409410928
Author: Naomi Appleton
Jataka stories (stories about the previous births of the Buddha) are very popular in Theravada Buddhist countries, where they are found in both canonical texts and later compositions and collections, and are commonly used in sermons, children’s books, plays, poetry, temple illustrations, rituals and festivals. Whilst at first glance many of the stories look like common fables or folktales, Buddhist tradition tells us that the stories illustrate the gradual path to perfection exemplified by the Buddha in his previous births, when he was a bodhisatta (buddha-to-be). Jataka stories have had a long and colourful history, closely intertwined with the development of doctrines about the Buddha, the path to buddhahood, and how Buddhists should behave now the Buddha is no more. This book explores the shifting role of the stories in Buddhist doctrine, practice, and creative expression, finally placing this integral Buddhist genre back in the centre of scholarly understandings of the religion.
Jataka Stories in Theravada Buddhism Narrating the Bodhisatta Path 1st Table of contents:
Chapter 1. What is a Jātaka?
Chapter 2. The Bodhisatta in Jātaka Stories
Chapter 3. The Creation of a Jātaka Genre
Chapter 4. Generic Conventions Embraced and Ignored
Chapter 5. Jātakas and Buddhology
Chapter 6. Jātakas and Biography
Chapter 7. Jātaka Ideology in Practice
Chapter 8. The Perfection of Storytelling
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