Burning for the Buddha : self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism / James A. Benn.

• 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.

Ämnesord

Buddhism  (sao)

Buddhism  -- Kina (sao)

Self-immolation  -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. (LCSH)

Self-immolation  -- China. (LCSH)

Buddhism  -- China -- Customs and practices. (LCSH)

Buddhism  (LCSH)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Cmec Buddhism

Klassifikation

BQ5680.S45 (LCC)

294.3/43420951 (DDC)

Cmec (kssb/8)