Burning for the Buddha self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism /

Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Benn, James A., 1964-
Awdur Corfforaethol: ebrary, Inc
Fformat: Electronig eLyfr
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007.
Cyfres:Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 19.
Pynciau:
Mynediad Ar-lein:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Tagiau: Ychwanegu Tag
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Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • 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.