Readings of the Vessantara Jataka
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Word Count
58,000 words, Guess
Page Count
232 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780231160384
- ISBN-100231160380
- Better World Books9780231160384
- Open LibraryOL28590938M
Classifications
- LCCBQ1470.V487R43 2016
Description
"The Vessantara Jataka is one of the most popular and influential Theravada Buddhist texts and the final and longest scripture in the Pali Canon. It tells the story of Prince Vessantara, who attained the Perfection of Giving by giving away his fortune, his children, and his wife. Prince Vessantara was the penultimate rebirth as a human of the future Gotama Buddha, and his extreme charity is frequently portrayed in the sermons, rituals, and art of South and Southeast Asia. This anthology features sophisticated literary and anthropological analyses of the ethics of giving, understanding of attachment and nonattachment, depiction of the trickster, and unique performative qualities of the Vessantara Jataka."--From publisher description.
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