Burning for the Buddha [electronic resource] : self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism / James A. Benn.
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- 294.3/43420951 22
- BQ5680.S45 B46 2007eb
"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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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