Burning for the Buddha
Benn, James A., 1964-
Burning for the Buddha self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism / [electronic resource] : James A. Benn. - Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007. - xiii, 360 p. ; 24 cm. - Kuroda Institute studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 19 . - Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 19. .
"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.
Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2008.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
9781435665958 (electronic bk.) 1435665953 (electronic bk.)
Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
Self-immolation.
Buddhism--Customs and practices.--China
Electronic books.
BQ5680.S45 / B46 2007eb
294.3/43420951
Burning for the Buddha self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism / [electronic resource] : James A. Benn. - Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007. - xiii, 360 p. ; 24 cm. - Kuroda Institute studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 19 . - Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 19. .
"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.
Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2008.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
9781435665958 (electronic bk.) 1435665953 (electronic bk.)
Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
Self-immolation.
Buddhism--Customs and practices.--China
Electronic books.
BQ5680.S45 / B46 2007eb
294.3/43420951
