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The Life of Buddhism [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Reynolds Frank <1930-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Life of Buddhism [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2000
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
Disciplina: 294.3444
Soggetto topico: Buddhism
Religious life - Buddhism
Religious life - Customs and practices
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: CarbineJason A  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; Contents; Note to the reader; General Introduction; 1. Temples and Monastic Complexes (Japan); 2. Image Consecrations (Thailand); 3. State Rituals and Ceremonies (Myanma); 4. Village Rituals and Ceremonies (Thailand); 5. The Ordination of Monks and Novices (Korea); 6. Female Renunciants (Myanma[r]/Burma); 7. Meditation (Japan); 8. The Monastic Quest; 9. Monastic Funerals (Thailand); 10. Lay Identity and Participation (China); 11. Cosmology and Law (Tibet); 12. Cosmology and Healing (Sri Lanka); 13. Devotional Rituals: Recent Innovations (Sri Lanka); 14. Death and Beyond (Japan)
15. An American ExampleBibliography; Contributors; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Bringing together fifteen essays by outstanding Buddhist scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America, this book offers a distinctive portrayal of the ""life of Buddhism."" The contributors focus on a number of religious practices across the Buddhist world, from Sri Lanka to New York, Japan to Tibet.
Titolo autorizzato: The Life of Buddhism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-92489-4
1-59734-711-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454839403321
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