The life of Buddhism / / edited by Frank E. Reynolds and Jason A. Carbine

• 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-> CarbineJason A. <1971->
• 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
• Serie: Life of religion ; ; 1.