Buddhist Healing in Medieval China and Japan

"From its inception in northeastern India in the first millennium BCE, the Buddhist tradition has advocated a range of ideas and practices that were said to ensure health and well-being. As the religion developed and spread to other parts of Asia, healing deities were added to its pantheon, mon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Salguero, C. Pierce
Otros Autores: Macomber, Andrew, Andreeva, Anna, Despeux, Catherine, Richter, Antje, Ng, Zhiru
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2020.
Temas:
Healing > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Buddhism > China > History.
Buddhism > Japan > History.
Buddhism > Rituals.
Guérison > Aspect religieux > Bouddhisme.
Bouddhisme > Chine > Histoire.
Bouddhisme > Japon > Histoire.
Bouddhisme > Rituel.
RELIGION / Buddhism / History.
Buddhism.
China.
Japan.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "A Flock of Ghosts Bursting Forth and Scattering": Healing Narratives in a Sixth-Century Chinese Buddhist Hagiography / C. Pierce Salguero
  • Teaching from the Sickbed: Ideas of Illness and Healing in the Vimalakīrti Sūtra and Their Reception in Medieval Chinese Literature / Antje Richter
  • Lighting Lamps to Prolong Life: Ritual Healing and the Bhaiṣajyaguru Cult in Fifth- and Sixth-Century China / Shi Zhiru
  • Buddhist Healing Practices at Dunhuang in the Medieval Period / Catherine Despeux
  • Empowering the Pregnancy Sash in Medieval Japan / Anna Andreeva
  • Ritualizing Moxibustion in the Early Medieval Tendai-Jimon Lineage / Andrew Macomber.

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