Germano / Trainor Embodying the Dharma

Buddhist Relic Veneration in Asia
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8440-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 211 Seiten

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Germano, David

Trainor, Kevin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Buddhismus: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Beyond Superstition
Kevin Trainor
2. Buddhist Relics in Comparative Perspective: Beyond the Parallels

John S. Strong
3. Living Relics of the Buddha(s) in Tibet

David Germano
4. Buddhist Relics and Japanese Regalia

Bernard Faure
5. The Field of the Buddha's Presence
Jacob N. Kinnard
6. Signs of the Buddha in Northern Thai Chronicles

Donald K. Swearer
7. On the Allure of Buddhist Relics

Robert H. Sharf
Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

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.