The Buddha's Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231187619ISBN-10:231187610UPC:9780231187619Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Buddhism, AsiaBook Topic:Theravada, Southeast Asia, Rituals & PracticeSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCXDSP3TZP
The Buddha's Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism
Wizards with magical powers to heal the sick, possess the bodies of their followers, and defend their tradition against outside threats are far from the typical picture of Buddhism. Yet belief in wizard-saints who protect their devotees and intervene in the world is widespread among Burmese Buddhists. The Buddha's Wizards is a historically informed ethnographic study that explores the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231187619ISBN-10:231187610UPC:9780231187619Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Buddhism, AsiaBook Topic:Theravada, Southeast Asia, Rituals & PracticeSize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCXDSP3TZP
Thomas Nathan Patton is assistant professor of Buddhist and Southeast Asian studies at the City University of Hong Kong.
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