Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 360 pages) |
Series |
Kuroda Institute studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 19 |
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Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 19.
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Contents |
Introduction -- "Mounting the smoke with glittering colors": self-immolation in early medieval China -- The Lotus Sūtra, auto-cremation, and the indestructible tongue -- Saṃgha and the state: the power(s) of self-immolation -- Is self-immolation a "good practice"? Yongming Yanshou on relinquishing the body -- Local heroes in a fragmenting empire: self-immolation in the late Tang and five dynasties -- One thousand years of self-immolation -- Conclusion |
Summary |
"Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the body" (self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. Although largely ignored by conventional scholarship, the acts of self-immolators (which included not only burning the body but also being devoured by wild animals, drowning oneself, and self-mummification, among others) form an enduring part of the religious tradition and provide a new perspective on the multifarious dimensions of Buddhist practice in China from the early medieval period to the present time. This book examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context."--Jacket |
Notes |
"A Kuroda Institute book." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-345) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Self-immolation -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Self-immolation.
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Buddhism -- China -- Customs and practices
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- Rituals & Practice.
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
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Self-immolation -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
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Buddhism -- Customs and practices
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Self-immolation
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Buddhismus
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Selbstverbrennung
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Selbstbeschädigung
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Askese
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Mahayana
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Buddhism -- Kina.
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China
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China
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781435665958 |
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1435665953 |
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9780824861735 |
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0824861736 |
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