Carol Anderson, "Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon"
English | ISBN: 0700710655, 8120818067 | 1999 | 255 pages | PDF | 7 MB
English | ISBN: 0700710655, 8120818067 | 1999 | 255 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Demonstrates how the four noble truths are used thorughout the Pali canon as a symbol of Buddha's enlightenment and as a doctrine within a larger network of Buddha's teachings. Their unique nature rests in their function as a proposition and as a symbol in the Theravada canon.