Beyond Enlightenment

The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions...

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description The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates the tendency of most scholars to ground their study of Buddhism in these particular assumptions about the Buddha’s enlightenment and a particular understanding of religion, which is traced back through Western orientalists to the Enlightenment and the Protestant Reformation. Placing a distinct emphasis on Indian Buddhism, Richard Cohen adeptly creates a work that will appeal to those with an interest in Buddhism and India and also scholars of religion and history.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1608582025-05-31T05:09:45Z Beyond Enlightenment Cohen, Richard Buddhist Studies sapere World Heritage Monument aude World Heritage dorje Dorje Shugden shugden Laplace’s Demon bodh Protestant Presuppositions gaya Polythetic Classification world World Heritage Designation heritage World Heritage Convention monument Scriptural Human convention Plays Back World Heritage Sites Cave Temples Empty Signifier Enlightened Buddha Varada Mudra Vipassana Meditation Kalle Lasn Cd Rom Technology Abu Al Fazl thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRF Buddhism thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates the tendency of most scholars to ground their study of Buddhism in these particular assumptions about the Buddha’s enlightenment and a particular understanding of religion, which is traced back through Western orientalists to the Enlightenment and the Protestant Reformation. Placing a distinct emphasis on Indian Buddhism, Richard Cohen adeptly creates a work that will appeal to those with an interest in Buddhism and India and also scholars of religion and history. 2025-05-31T05:09:44Z 2025-05-31T05:09:44Z 2025-05-30T06:43:11Z 2006 book ONIX_20250530T083217_9781134192052_38 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103085 9781134192052 9781134192007 9780203098783 9781134192045 9780415372947 9780415544443 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160858 eng Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103085/1/9781134192052.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780203098783 10.4324/9780203098783 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781134192052 9781134192007 9780203098783 9781134192045 9780415372947 9780415544443 Routledge 256 Oxford open access
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Beyond Enlightenment
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Dorje Shugden
shugden
Laplace’s Demon
bodh
Protestant Presuppositions
gaya
Polythetic Classification
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World Heritage Designation
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World Heritage Convention
monument
Scriptural Human
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World Heritage Sites
Cave Temples
Empty Signifier
Enlightened Buddha
Varada Mudra
Vipassana Meditation
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bodh
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gaya
Polythetic Classification
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World Heritage Convention
monument
Scriptural Human
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World Heritage Sites
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Vipassana Meditation
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