Burning for the Buddha : self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism
題名:
Burning for the Buddha : self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism
Self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism.
Kuroda Institute studies in East Asian Buddhism ;
Studies in East Asian Buddhism ;
作者:
Benn, James A., 1964- author.
ISBN（國際標準書號）:
9780824829926
9780824867898
出版資訊:
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2007]
稽核項:
xiii, 360 pages ; 24 cm.
叢書:
Kuroda Institute studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 19.
Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 19.
一般附註:
| "A Kuroda Institute book." |
內容:
Introduction -- "Mounting the smoke with glittering colors": self-immolation in early medieval China -- The Lotus Sutra, auto-cremation, and the indestructible tongue -- Samgha 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.
摘要:
"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."--Jacket.
書目索引附錄等註:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-345) and index.
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