Burning for the Buddha: self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism
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 Yansho...
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| 格式: | Print 图书 |
| 语言: | English |
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Honolulu
University of Hawai'i Press
2007
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| In: |
Studies in East Asian buddhism (19)
Year: 2007 |
| 丛编: | Studies in East Asian buddhism
19 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ 佛教
/ 自焚
B China / 佛教 / 大乘佛教 / 自焚 / 自残 / 禁欲主义 |
| Further subjects: | B
学位论文
B Buddhism (China) Customs and practices B Self-immolation Religious aspects Buddhism B Self-immolation (China) |
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| 总结: | 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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| Item Description: | "A Kuroda Institute book Literaturverz. S. 315 - 345 |
| ISBN: | 0824829921 |