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Titolo: |
The life of Buddhism / / edited by Frank E. Reynolds and Jason A. Carbine
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Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 294.3 |
Soggetto topico: | Buddhism |
Religious life - Buddhism | |
Buddhism - Customs and practices | |
Altri autori: |
ReynoldsFrank <1930->
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-225) and index. |
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 Example; Bibliography; 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 ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-520-92489-4 |
1-59734-711-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910812492003321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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