Free Download Kristin Scheible, "Reading the Mahāvamsa: The Literary Aims of a Theravada Buddhist History"
English | 2016 | pages: 240 | ISBN: 0231171382 | EPUB | 4,0 mb
Vamsa is a dynamic genre of Buddhist history filled with otherworldly characters and the exploits of real-life heroes. These narratives collapse the temporal distance between Buddha and the reader, building an emotionally resonant connection with an outsized religious figure and a longed-for past. The fifth-century Pali text Mahavamsa is a particularly effective example, using metaphor and other rhetorical devices to ethically transform readers, to stimulate and then to calm them.