Empty Vision: Metaphor and Visionary Imagery in Mahayana Buddhism by David McMahan

Empty Vision: Metaphor and Visionary Imagery in Mahayana Buddhism

Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

David McMahan

227 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion informative reflective medium-paced
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Visual metaphors in a number of Mahayana sutras construct a discourse in which visual perception serves as a model for knowledge and enlightenment. In the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) and other Mahayana literature, immediate access to rea...

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