Burning for the Buddha : self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism /

"Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the body" (self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. Although largely ignored by conventional scholarship, the acts of self-immolators (which included not...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Benn, James A., 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2007.
Colección:Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 19.
Temas:
Self-immolation > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Self-immolation.
Buddhism > China > Customs and practices.
Auto-immolation > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Auto-immolation.
Bouddhisme > Chine > Coutumes et pratiques.
RELIGION > Buddhism > Rituals & Practice.
RELIGION > Buddhism > General.
Self-immolation > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Buddhism > Customs and practices
Self-immolation
Buddhismus
Selbstverbrennung
Selbstbeschädigung
Askese
Mahayana
Buddhism > Kina.
China
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • "Mounting the smoke with glittering colors": self-immolation in early medieval China
  • The Lotus Sūtra, auto-cremation, and the indestructible tongue
  • Saṃgha and the state: the power(s) of self-immolation
  • Is self-immolation a "good practice"? Yongming Yanshou on relinquishing the body
  • Local heroes in a fragmenting empire: self-immolation in the late Tang and five dynasties
  • One thousand years of self-immolation
  • Conclusion.

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