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A Few Good Men : The Bodhisattva Path according to The Inquiry of Ugra (Ugraparipṛcchā) by Jan Nattier is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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__A Few Good Men__ is a study and translation of __The Inquiry of Ugra (Ugraparipṛcchâ),__ one of the most influential Mahâyâna sutras on the bodhisattva path, but also one of the most neglected texts in Western treatments of Buddhism. To achieve a better understanding of the universe of ideas, activities, and institutional structures within which early self-proclaimed bodhisattvas lived, the author first considers the __Ugra__ as a literary document, employing new methodological tools to examine the genre to which it belongs, the age of its extant versions, and their relationships to one another. She goes on to challenge the dominant notions that the Mahâyâna emerged as a "reform" of earlier Buddhism and offered lay people an "easier option."__A Few Good Men__ will be compelling reading for scholars and practitioners alike and others interested in the history of Indian Buddhism and the formation of Mahâyâna.

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Author

Jan Nattier

Publisher

University of Hawaii Press

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9780824841164

Category

nonfiction