Burning for the Buddha
Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism (Studies in East Asian Buddhism)
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Word Count
94,000 words, Guess
Page Count
376 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveburningforbuddha00benn
- ISBN-100824829921
- ISBN-139780824829926
- Goodreads2087829
- LibraryThing1006783
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- Open LibraryOL8161961M
Description
"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 only burning the body but also being devoured by wild animals, drowning oneself, and self-mummification, among others) form an enduring part of the religious tradition and provide a new perspective on the multifarious dimensions of Buddhist practice in China from the early medieval period to the present time. This book examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context."--BOOK JACKET.
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