KINDLE Ù Sutasoma The Ancient Tale of a Buddha Prince ß Kate O'Brien

Ncient tale It is this literary mandala that is the path to Sutasoma's enlightenment and this in turn the key to his success as a World Protector and Universal MonarchThis entertaining and attractively illustrated edition will appeal to readers with interest in the literary traditions of Southeast Asia and of tantric Buddhism and also to a wider audience who wish to understand the foundations both mystical and practical underpinning much of Javanese and Balinese society tod

Kate O'Brien ß Sutasoma The Ancient Tale of a Buddha Prince TEXT

Sutasoma The Ancient Tale of a Buddha PrinceCantly less known or understoodO'Brien's accompanying analysis reveals a fascinating aspect of the poem until now not fully comprehended Aside from its function to elucidate the compatibility of Buddhahood and kingship it also reveals within its verses what amounts to a literary mandala as complex and philosophically rich as the beautiful mandala images of Tibetan Buddhism yet firmly rooted in the Javanese milieu of the Majaphit polity which spawned this version of a very a