What is it about?
The article shows the map of cosmos evident in Paritta (pirit) texts, in which the Buddha commands all realms of existence, including those of gods and demons. He proves to be the very essence of care, truth, and blessinf.
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Why is it important?
This teaches us about the deeper ideas that surrons the Buddha in Buddhist societies, and allows a more sensitive unserstanding of the traditin. This is of interest bith for the study ofbthe tradition itself, and for comparative appraoches.
Perspectives
This helps connext to Buddhism on a more personal, emotional and embodied level.
Eviatar Shulman
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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This page is a summary of: The Protective Buddha: On the Cosmological Logic of Paritta, Numen, April 2019, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/15685276-12341533.
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