On Being Buddha: The Classical Doctrine of Buddhahood

by Paul J. Griffiths

Book Overview

What is it like to be a Buddha? Is there only one Buddha or are there many? What can Buddhas do and what do they know? Is there anything they cannot do and cannot know? These and associated questions were much discussed by Buddhist thinkers in India, and a complex and subtle set of doctrinal positions was developed to deal with them. This is the first book in a western language to treat these doctrines about Buddha from a philosophical and thoroughly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791421287
• ISBN13: 9780791421284
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"