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Divining the Buddha's Arrival
Author(s) -
Sasson Vanessa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
religion compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.113
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1749-8171
DOI - 10.1111/rec3.12151
Subject(s) - divination , gautama buddha , psychology , literature , history , art , philosophy , theology , buddhism
The Buddha's hagiography is replete with references to divination. This is particularly the case in the earlier part of his hagiography, before he achieves awakening. This paper will consider some of the episodes in his story that assume divination practices and will argue that his hagiography cannot be fully appreciated without them. Moreover, this paper will argue that divination, in his hagiography, was fully expected to work.