Embodying the Dharma (eBook, PDF)

Buddhist Relic Veneration in Asia
Redaktion: Germano, David; Trainor, Kevin

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the practice of relic veneration in a variety of forms of Buddhism.

Embodying the Dharma explores the centrality of relic veneration in Asian Buddhist cultures. Long disregarded by Western scholars as a superstitious practice reflecting the popularization of "original" Buddhism, relic veneration has emerged as a topic of vital interest in the last two decades with the increased attention to Buddhist ritual practice and material culture. This volume includes studies of relic traditions in India, Japan, Tibet, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, as well as broader comparative analyses, including comparisons of Buddhist and Christian relic veneration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Seitenzahl: 211
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780791484401
• Artikelnr.: 60502629

Autorenporträt

David Germano is Associate Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Virginia. He is the coeditor (with Helmut Eimer) of The Many Canons of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder and director of the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library. Kevin Trainor is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Vermont and the author of Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition.