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oapen-20.500.12657-242982024-03-22T19:23:21Z Beyond Enlightenment Cohen, Richard sapere aude dorje shugden bodh gaya world heritage monument convention thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRY Alternative belief systems::QRYC Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems::QRYC5 Theosophy and Anthroposophy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates the tendency of most scholars to ground their study of Buddhism in these particular assumptions about the Buddha’s enlightenment and a particular understanding of religion, which is traced back through Western orientalists to the Enlightenment and the Protestant Reformation. Placing a distinct emphasis on Indian Buddhism, Richard Cohen adeptly creates a work that will appeal to those with an interest in Buddhism and India and also scholars of religion and history. 2019-11-21 13:54:12 2020-04-01T09:54:30Z 2020-04-01T09:54:30Z 2006 book 1005833 OCN: 1135849683 9780415372947;9780415544443;9781134192052;9781134192045;9781134192007 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24298 eng Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 1005833.pdf https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781134192052 Taylor & Francis 10.4324/9780203098783 10.4324/9780203098783 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 9780415372947;9780415544443;9781134192052;9781134192045;9781134192007 open access
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The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates the tendency of most scholars to ground their study of Buddhism in these particular assumptions about the Buddha’s enlightenment and a particular understanding of religion, which is traced back through Western orientalists to the Enlightenment and the Protestant Reformation. Placing a distinct emphasis on Indian Buddhism, Richard Cohen adeptly creates a work that will appeal to those with an interest in Buddhism and India and also scholars of religion and history.
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