Nirvana and other Buddhist Felicities: Utopias of the Pali Imaginaire

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1998

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Cambridge University Press

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L, O Extremely detailed presentation of utopian imagery, including Paradise/Heaven, the Cockaygne, and Arcadia in the Pali texts of Theravāda Buddhism thought with comparisons to the Western images. Uses Davis’s classifications.

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Collins, Steven. Nirvana and other Buddhist Felicities: Utopias of the Pali Imaginaire. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1998. L, O Extremely detailed presentation of utopian imagery, including Paradise/Heaven, the Cockaygne, and Arcadia in the Pali texts of Theravāda Buddhism thought with comparisons to the Western images. Uses Davis’s classifications.