Sacred biography in the Buddhist traditions of South and South-East Asia/ 
edited by Juliane Schober 
 - Honolulu:  University of Hawai Press,  1997. 
 - xi, 366 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Trajectories in Buddhist sacred biography / Juliane Schober --<br/>pt. 1. Buddha biography in textual and visual narratives: Rebirth traditions and the lineages of Gotama: a study in Theravāda Buddhology / Frank E. Reynolds. The biographical imperative in Theravāda Buddhism / Mark R. Woodward. Narrative as icon: the jātaka stories in ancient Indian and Southeast Asian architecture / Robert L. Brown --<br/>pt. 2. Extensions of the Buddha biography in texts: A family quest: the Buddha, Yaśodharā, and Rāhula in the Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya / John S. Strong. Nāgārjuna's longevity / Reginald A. Ray. Stūpa, story, and empire: constructions of the Buddha biography in early post-Aśokan India / Jonathan S. Walters --<br/>pt. 3. The jātakas and biographies of kings: Painting the "great life" / Forrest McGill. From prose to poetry: the literary development of Samuttakote / Thomas John Hudak. "Rationality" in the biography of a Buddhist king: Mongkut, King of Siam (r. 1851-1868) / Paul Christopher Johnson --<br/>pt. 4. The biographical genre in local Buddhist cults and practice: In the presence of the Buddha: ritual veneration of the Burmese Mahāmuni image / Juliane Schober. The textualization of a monastic tradition: forest monks, lineage, and the biographical process in Thailand / James L. Taylor. The biography of modern Burmese Buddhist meditation Master U Ba Khin: life before the cradle and past the grave / Gustaaf Houtman. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780824816995 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buddhist saints--Biography<br/>Buddhist hagiography<br/>Gautama Buddha
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.36  / SCH/S