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Other Selves
This book explores some of the possible answers to this question by studying autobiographical and biographical writings outside the Euro-American tradition. The nine essays were …
Images in Asian Religions
UBC Press is pleased to announce a new series in Asian religions.Pilgrims, Patrons, and Place, a Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation Book onBuddhism and Comparative Literature, is the …
The Forest of Thieves and the Magic Garden
The stories collected in this volume reflect the rich tradition of medieval Jain storytelling between the seventh and fifteenth centuries, from simple folk tales and lives of …
The Clever Adulteress & Other Stories
The stories in The Clever Adulteress span almost one thousand years of story-telling in India. Most originate in North India and all were written by Jain monks for the education …
Speaking of Monks
The two essays in this volume explore how monks in medieval India and China wrote about themselves and their fellow monks. Phyllis Granoff translates and discusses biographies and …
Pilgrims, Patrons, and Place
UBC Press is pleased to announce a new series in Asian religions. Pilgrims, Patrons, and Place, a Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation Book on Buddhism and Comparative Literature, is …
Heroes and Saints
The present volume makes a unique contribution to the study of dying in ancient cultures by focusing on what happens in the critical moments before death.Employing a wide range of …