Copp The Body Incantatory

Spells and the Ritual Imagination in Medieval Chinese Buddhism
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-231-53778-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten, EPUB, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies

The Body Incantatory reveals the histories and logics of practice of deeply embodied forms of Buddhist ritual. Paul Copp vividly captures the diversity of Buddhist practice among medieval monks, ritual healers, and other individuals lost to history, offering a corrective to accounts that have overemphasized elite, canonical materials.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Copp, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Buddhismus: Kult, Riten, Zeremonien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Buddhismus: Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface: The Body Incantatory
Thanks
Abbreviations
Introduction: Dharanis and the Study of Buddhist Spells
1. Scripture, Relic, Talisman, Spell
2. Amulets of the Incantation of Wish Fulfillment
3. Dust, Shadow, and the Incantation of Glory
4. Mystic Store and Wizard's Basket
Coda: Material Incantations and the Study of Medieval Chinese Buddhism
Appendix 1. Suiqiu Amulets Discovered in China
Appendix 2. Stein no. 4690: Four Spells
Notes
Glossary
Sources
Index

Leseproben

Read the first chapter, "Scripture, Relic, Talisman, Spell":

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Copp is associate professor in Chinese religion and thought at the University of Chicago.