E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, EPUB, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
The Religious Practices of Ouyi Zhixu
E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, EPUB, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies
ISBN: 978-0-231-53777-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
While Buddhist studies scholarship tends to privilege textual analysis, Living Karma promotes a balanced study of ritual practice and writing, treating Ouyi's texts as ritual objects and his reading and writing as religious acts. Each chapter addresses a specific religious practice--writing, divination, repentance, vows, and bodily rituals--offering first a diachronic overview of each practice within the history of Chinese Buddhism and then a synchronic analysis of each phenomenon through close readings of Ouyi's work. This book sheds much-needed light on a little-known figure and his representation of karma, which proved to be a seminal innovation in the religious thought of late imperial China.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Karma as a Narrative Device in Ouyi's Autobiography
2. Divination as a Karmic Diagnostic
3. Repentance Rituals for Eliminating Karma
4. Vowing to Assume the Karma of Others
5. Slicing, Burning, and Blood Writing: Karmic Transformations of Bodies
Conclusion
Appendix 1. A Translation of Ouyi's Autobiography
Appendix 2. A Map of Ouyi's Life
Notes
Glossary of Terms, People, Places, and Titles of Texts
Bibliography
Index
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