Nirvana

by Steven Collins

Book Overview

The idea of nirvana (Pali nibbāna) is alluring but elusive for non-specialists and specialists alike. Offering his own interpretation of key texts, Steven Collins explains the idea in a new, accessible way - as a concept, as an image (metaphor), and as an element in the process of narrating both linear and cyclical time. Exploring nirvana from literary and philosophical perspectives, he argues that it has a specific role: to provide 'the sense...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521881986
• ISBN13: 9780521881982
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"