Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:James A. BennSeries:Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism #37Publish date:2016-11-30Pages:376
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Hawaii PressISBN-13:9780824867898ISBN-10:824867890UPC:9780824867898Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Buddhism, AsiaBook Topic:History, Rituals & Practice, ChinaSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SCGAVHP3Z2
Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism
Burning for the Buddha is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the body"(self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. It examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context. Rather than privilege the doctrinal and exegetical interpretations of the tradition, which...
Series: Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism #37
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Hawaii PressISBN-13:9780824867898ISBN-10:824867890UPC:9780824867898Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Buddhism, AsiaBook Topic:History, Rituals & Practice, ChinaSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SCGAVHP3Z2
Benn, James A.: - James A. Benn is professor of Buddhism and East Asian religions at McMaster University.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
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