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100 1 _aBenn, James A.,
_d1964-
245 1 0 _aBurning for the Buddha
_h[electronic resource] :
_bself-immolation in Chinese Buddhism /
_cJames A. Benn.
260 _aHonolulu :
_bUniversity of Hawai'i Press,
_cc2007.
300 _axiii, 360 p. ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aKuroda Institute studies in East Asian Buddhism ;
_vno. 19
500 _a"A Kuroda Institute book."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 315-345) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- "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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bBoulder, Colo. :
_cNetLibrary,
_d2008.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aSelf-immolation
_xReligious aspects
_xBuddhism.
650 0 _aSelf-immolation.
650 0 _aBuddhism
_zChina
_xCustoms and practices.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aNetLibrary, Inc.
776 1 _cOriginal
_z9780824829926
_z0824829921
_w(DLC) 2006035361
_w(OCoLC)74964720
830 0 _aStudies in East Asian Buddhism ;
_vno. 19.
856 4 _3Bibliographic record display
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