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Lustful Maidens and Ascetic Kings

Buddhist and Hindu Stories of Life

by (author) Roy C. Amore & Larry D. Shinn

illustrated by Sharon Wallace

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Mar 1981
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780195028393
    Publish Date
    Mar 1981
    List Price
    $51.00

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Roy C. Amore, a member of the Department of Religious Studies of the University of Windsor, holds the Ph.D. degree from Columbia University. He has contributed to Death and Eastern Thought, Religious Systems and Psychotherapy, and the Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religion. His book Two Masters, One Message compares the lives and teachings of Buddha and Christ.

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Editorial Reviews

"A marvellous introductory text, well-organized and clearly written. The renditions of stories are readable and engaging." --Edward T. Gilday, Bowdoin College

"A delicious repast of stories, delightfully told and intended to satisfy our narrative appetites and nourish our moral sensibilities. Drawing upon tales from the Hindu epics, the Pañcatantra, Puranas, Jatakas, Nikayas, and other texts, the authors provide translations and summaries of stories illustrating fundamental Hindu and Buddhist values and attitudes....A good candidate for use in undergraduate courses in Indian religions or the introduction to religion."--Religious Studies Review

"This instructive retelling of tales from traditional Hindu and Buddhist texts introduces the reader to the popular teachings of these traditions not as abstract concepts but dressed in their original, attractive story form."--Donald K. Swearer, Swarthmore College

"A delicious repast of stories, delightfully told and intended to satisfy our narrative appetites and nourish our moral sensibilities."--Religious Studies Review

"A brilliant success."--K.L. Seshagiri Rao, University of Virginia

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