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Article: The Concept of Non-returner in the Pāli Literature: A Historical Perspective
| Title | The Concept of Non-returner in the Pāli Literature: A Historical Perspective |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2020 |
| Publisher | PGIPBS, University of Kelaniya. |
| Citation | Anveshana: Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2020, v. 9 n. 2, p. 34 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | This article investigates the concept non-returner (anāgāmī) in the early Buddhist and Theravāda soteriology and cosmology. The main sources investigated for this article are the Pāli canonical and commentarial literature. My main thesis is the concept of non-returner has gone through several stages of evolution and development in the several strata of Buddhist literature. This article argues (i) originally, the concept of non-returning was closed to the stage of arahantship, gradually it was distanced from its original place and the distance between the two stages is widen. (ii) Buddhist cosmological realm, in this context, the five pure-abodes (suddhāvasa), were originally more psychological than ontological. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/293771 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Nanda, A | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-23T08:21:34Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-23T08:21:34Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Anveshana: Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2020, v. 9 n. 2, p. 34 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/293771 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | This article investigates the concept non-returner (anāgāmī) in the early Buddhist and Theravāda soteriology and cosmology. The main sources investigated for this article are the Pāli canonical and commentarial literature. My main thesis is the concept of non-returner has gone through several stages of evolution and development in the several strata of Buddhist literature. This article argues (i) originally, the concept of non-returning was closed to the stage of arahantship, gradually it was distanced from its original place and the distance between the two stages is widen. (ii) Buddhist cosmological realm, in this context, the five pure-abodes (suddhāvasa), were originally more psychological than ontological. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | PGIPBS, University of Kelaniya. | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Anveshana: Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya | - |
| dc.title | The Concept of Non-returner in the Pāli Literature: A Historical Perspective | - |
| dc.type | Article | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Nanda, A: nanda@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 319116 | - |
| dc.identifier.volume | 9 | - |
| dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 34 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 34 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | Kohuwala, Sri Lanka | - |