Burning for the Buddha [electronic resource] : self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism / James A. Benn.
By: Benn, James A.
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BookSeries: Studies in East Asian Buddhism: no. 19.Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007Description: xiii, 360 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Self-immolation -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism | Self-immolation -- China | Buddhism -- China -- Customs and practicesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 294.3/43420951 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view "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 S�utra, auto-cremation, and the indestructible tongue -- Sa�mgha 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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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