Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism
(Part of the Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism Series)
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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 assume the central importance of the mind and its cultivation,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0824829921
ISBN13:9780824829926
Release Date:February 2007
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Length:376 Pages
Weight:1.65 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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