The Resource Burning for the Buddha : self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism, James A. Benn
Burning for the Buddha : self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism, James A. Benn
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The item Burning for the Buddha : self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism, James A. Benn represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- "Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the body" (self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. Although largely ignored by conventional scholarship, the acts of self-immolators (which included not only burning the body but also being devoured by wild animals, drowning oneself, and self-mummification, among others) form an enduring part of the religious tradition and provide a new perspective on the multifarious dimensions of Buddhist practice in China from the early medieval period to the present time. This book examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 360 pages)
- Note
- "A Kuroda Institute book."
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780824861735
- Label
- Burning for the Buddha : self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism
- Title
- Burning for the Buddha
- Title remainder
- self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism
- Statement of responsibility
- James A. Benn
- Subject
-
- Buddhism -- China -- Customs and practices
- Buddhism -- Customs and practices
- Buddhism -- Kina
- Buddhismus
- China
- China
- China
- Electronic books
- Mahajana
- RELIGION -- Buddhism | General
- RELIGION -- Buddhism | Rituals & Practice
- Selbstbeschädigung
- Selbstverbrennung
- Self-immolation
- Self-immolation
- Self-immolation -- Religious aspects | Buddhism
- Askese
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the body" (self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. Although largely ignored by conventional scholarship, the acts of self-immolators (which included not only burning the body but also being devoured by wild animals, drowning oneself, and self-mummification, among others) form an enduring part of the religious tradition and provide a new perspective on the multifarious dimensions of Buddhist practice in China from the early medieval period to the present time. This book examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context."--Jacket
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1964-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Benn, James A.
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Kuroda Institute studies in East Asian Buddhism
- Series volume
- no. 19
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Self-immolation
- Self-immolation
- Buddhism
- RELIGION
- RELIGION
- Buddhism
- Self-immolation
- China
- Buddhismus
- Selbstverbrennung
- China
- Selbstbeschädigung
- Askese
- Mahajana
- China
- Buddhism
- Label
- Burning for the Buddha : self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism, James A. Benn
- Note
- "A Kuroda Institute book."
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-345) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn256467719
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 360 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780824861735
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.21313/9780824861735
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt6681rn
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)256467719
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Burning for the Buddha : self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism, James A. Benn
- Note
- "A Kuroda Institute book."
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-345) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn256467719
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 360 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780824861735
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 10.21313/9780824861735
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt6681rn
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)256467719
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Buddhism -- China -- Customs and practices
- Buddhism -- Customs and practices
- Buddhism -- Kina
- Buddhismus
- China
- China
- China
- Electronic books
- Mahajana
- RELIGION -- Buddhism | General
- RELIGION -- Buddhism | Rituals & Practice
- Selbstbeschädigung
- Selbstverbrennung
- Self-immolation
- Self-immolation
- Self-immolation -- Religious aspects | Buddhism
- Askese
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