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Burning for the Buddha : self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism / James A. Benn.
Series: Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 19.Publication details: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007.Description: xiii, 360 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780824829926 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0824829921 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 294.3/43420951 22
- BQ5680.S45 B46 2007
Contents:
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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The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks | BQ5680.S45 B46 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | "A Kuroda Institute book." | TBC00000379 |
"A Kuroda Institute book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-345) and index.
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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