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Book Details
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Language
English
ISBN-13
9780824829926
ISBN-10
0824829921
Author
James A. Benn
About the Book
Burning for the Buddha is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the body"(self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. It examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context. Rather than privilege the doctrinal and exegetical interpretations of the tradition, which assume the central importance of the mind and its c…
ISBN: 9780824829926
ISBN-13: 9780824829926
ISBN-10: 0824829921
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About the Book Burning for the Buddha is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the body"(self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism.
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