Author: Kloetzli, W. Randolph [ Kloetzli, Randy ]
Title: Buddhist Cosmology : Science & Theology in the Images of Motion and Light
Description: Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, (1989). Reprint, orig.cloth, dustwrapper. 22x14cm, xvi,195 pp. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ A reprint of the 1983 edition titled "Buddhist Cosmology : From Single World System to Pure Land : Science and Theology in the Images of Motion and Light". Contents: Buddhist Philosophy & the Major Moments of Cosmology;The ' Cakravala' or Single World System: The Monastic Guide to Brahma's Pure Realm; The "Sahasra-Cosmology" or "Cosmology of Thousands": To Multiply what is Unified & Unify what is Multiple; The Drama of "Sahasra- Cosmology" and "The Path"; The "Asankhyeya-Cosmology" or "Cosmology of Innumerables" and the Teaching of Light; The Eschatology of the " Asankhyeya-Cosmology": Buddhas Numerous as the Sands of the Ganga; Conclusion: Motion and Light; Bibliographical Resources.

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