| Description |
1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The life of religion ; 1
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Life of religion ; 1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-225) and index. |
| Contents |
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). |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Buddhism.
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Buddhism. |
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Religious life -- Buddhism.
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Religious life -- Buddhism. |
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Buddhism -- Customs and practices.
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Buddhism -- Customs and practices. |
| Indexed Term |
Humaniora Religionsvidenskab. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Reynolds, Frank, 1930-
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Carbine, Jason A., 1971-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Life of Buddhism. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000 0520211057 (DLC) 00030260 (OCoLC)43903474 |
| ISBN |
9780520924895 (electronic book) |
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0520924894 (electronic book) |
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0585389977 (electronic book) |
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9780585389974 (electronic book) |
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0520211057 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520211056 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520223373 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520223370 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1597347116 |
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9781597347112 |
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