TY  - BOOK
AU  - Benn,James A.
ED  - NetLibrary, Inc.
TI  - Burning for the Buddha: self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism 
T2  - Kuroda Institute studies in East Asian Buddhism
SN  - 9781435665958 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BQ5680.S45 B46 2007eb
U1  - 294.3/43420951 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Honolulu
PB  - University of Hawai'i Press
KW  - Self-immolation
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - China
KW  - Customs and practices
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - "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
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ER  -