Non-Monastic Buddhist in Pali-Discourse: Religious Experience and Religiosity in Relation to the Monastic Order

The book intends to understand the concept of upasaka / upasika or Buddhist laity in in Digha- and Majjhima-nikaya discourse of the Pali canon. Considered as oral literature, the meaning of the structure and stock phrases constructing the narrative is examined and interpreted from a theory of religious experience.

• | By (Author): Sompornnuch Transrisook (Author)
• | Publisher: Peter Lang AG
• | Publication Date: Oct 31, 2014
• | Country of Publication: Switzerland
• | Number of Pages: 255 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 3631657161
• | ISBN-13: 9783631657164