Priming the Lamp of Dhamma:
The Buddha’s Miracles in the Pāli Mahāvaṃsa

By Kristin Scheible

17 pages

Much as a soaking in good oil will prime a lamp’s wick for the lighting, miracle stories prepare the audience for the cultivation of potent emotions and resultant ethical transformation.

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Published in 2010 in The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies.

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    title={{P}riming the {L}amp of \textit{Dhamma}: {T}he {B}uddha's {M}iracles in the {P}āli \textit{Mahāvaṃsa}},
    author={Kristin Scheible},
    year=2010,
    journal={The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies},
    volume=33,
    pages={435--451},
    keywords={hermeneutics,sri-lankan,iddhi,craft,pedagogy,myth,form},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jiabs/article/view/9289/3150}
}

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