Living karma : the religious practices of Ouyi Zhixu /

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Ouyi Zhixu was an eminent Chinese Buddhist monk who, contrary to his contemporaries, believed karma could be changed. Through vows, divination, repentance rituals, and ascetic acts such as burning and blood writing, he sought to alter what others understood as inevitable and inescapable. Drawing att...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGuire, Beverley Foulks
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Colección:Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies.
Temas:
Zhixu, > 1599-1655.
Zhixu, > 1599-1655
Karma.
Spiritual life > Buddhism.
Buddhist literature, Chinese > History and criticism.
Vie spirituelle > Bouddhisme.
Littérature bouddhique chinoise > Histoire et critique.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Monasticism.
Buddhist literature, Chinese
Karma
Spiritual life > Buddhism
Electronic book.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Karma as a Narrative Device in Ouyi's Autobiography
  • 2. Divination as a Karmic Diagnostic
  • 3. Repentance Rituals for Eliminating Karma
  • 4. Vowing to Assume the Karma of Others
  • 5. Slicing, Burning, and Blood Writing: Karmic Transformations of Bodies
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. A Translation of Ouyi's Autobiography
  • Appendix 2. A Map of Ouyi's Life.

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