The Immortals : Faces of the Incredible in Buddhist Burma /

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In 1952 a twenty-six-year-old man living in a village in Central Burma was possessed by weikza-humans with extraordinary powers, including immortality. Key figures in Burmese Buddhism, weikza do not die but live on in an invisible realm. From there they re-enter the world through possession to care...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rozenberg, Guillaume (Autor)
Otros Autores: Keeler, Ward, Tanabe, George J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2015]
Colección:Topics in Contemporary Buddhism ; 19
Temas:
Anthropology of religion > Burma.
Buddhist cults > Burma.
Weikza.
RELIGION / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Translator's Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on the English Edition
  • A Word to the Reader
  • Dramatis Personae
  • 1. From Belief to Believing
  • 2. Being a Disciple, Fashioning a Cult
  • 3. The Possessed
  • 4. In Quest of Invulnerability
  • 5. Trial by Fire
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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