| Editors' Preface |
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ix | |
| Preface |
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xi | |
| Introduction |
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1 | (1) |
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The Therigatha: Text and Context |
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1 | (12) |
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The Language of Liberation |
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13 | (24) |
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16 | (4) |
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Distinctions Between the Texts |
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20 | (10) |
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A Difference of Perspective |
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30 | (7) |
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Looking Backward: Attitudes Towards Renunciation |
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37 | (22) |
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40 | (5) |
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Breaking Free: Going Forth to the Homeless Life |
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45 | (6) |
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Reflections on the Good Life |
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51 | (8) |
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Looking Inward: Attitudes Towards the Body |
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59 | (24) |
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A Buddhist Lesson in Anatomy |
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63 | (6) |
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69 | (6) |
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Looking at the Doctrine as a Mirror |
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75 | (8) |
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Looking Outward: Attitudes Towards the Environment |
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83 | (24) |
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The Environment as Setting and Symbol |
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86 | (8) |
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94 | (8) |
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Envisioning the Environment |
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102 | (5) |
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Struggle for Liberation in the Therigatha |
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107 | (48) |
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108 | (5) |
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The Question of Female Authorship |
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113 | (4) |
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Women's Struggle for Liberation |
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117 | (2) |
| Appendices: |
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A Technical Terms for Liberation |
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119 | (8) |
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B Tables of Liberated Theris and Theras |
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127 | (14) |
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C Images of the Environment |
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141 | (10) |
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D Settings of Liberated Theris and Theras |
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151 | (4) |
| Notes |
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155 | (14) |
| Bibliography |
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169 | (12) |
| Glossary |
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181 | (2) |
| Index |
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183 | |
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