Embodying the Dharma

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Embodying the Dharma explores the centrality of relic veneration in Asian Buddhist cultures. Long disregarded by Western scholars as a superstitious practice reflecting the popularization of "original" Buddhism, relic veneration has emerged as a topic of vital interest in the last two decades with the increased attention to Buddhist ritual practice and material culture. This volume includes studies of relic traditions in India, Japan, Tibet, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, as well as broader comparative analyses, including comparisons of Buddhist and Christian relic veneration.
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Beyond Superstition
Kevin Trainor

2. Buddhist Relics in Comparative Perspective: Beyond the Parallels
John S. Strong

3. Living Relics of the Buddha(s) in Tibet
David Germano

4. Buddhist Relics and Japanese Regalia
Bernard Faure

5. The Field of the Buddha's Presence
Jacob N. Kinnard

6. Signs of the Buddha in Northern Thai Chronicles
Donald K. Swearer

7. On the Allure of Buddhist Relics
Robert H. Sharf

Contributors

Index

Sujets

• Buddhism
• History of religions

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791484401
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Embodying the Dharma

Buddhist Relic Veneration in Asia

Edited by David Germano and Kevin Trainor

EMBODYING THE DHARMA

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EMBODYING THE DHARMA

Buddhist Relic Veneration in Asia

Edited by DAVID GERMANO and KEVIN TRAINOR

S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y o f N e w Y o r k P r e s s

Published by S TATE U NIVERSITY OF N EW Y ORK P RESS A LBANY

© 2004 State University of New York

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Embodying the Dharma : Buddhist relic veneration in Asia / edited by David Germano and Kevin Trainor. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 079146217X 1. Gautama Buddha—Relics. I. Germano, David. II. Trainor, Kevin.

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Introduction: Beyond Superstition Kevin Trainor

Buddhist Relics in Comparative Perspective: Beyond the Parallels John S. Strong

Living Relics of the Buddha(s) in Tibet David Germano

Buddhist Relics and Japanese Regalia Bernard Faure

The Field of the Buddha’s Presence Jacob N. Kinnard

Signs of the Buddha in Northern Thai Chronicles Donald K. Swearer

On the Allure of Buddhist Relics Robert H. Sharf

Contributors

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We would like to thank the American Academy of Religion for support- ing the Buddhist Relic Veneration Seminar, 1994–1997. Thanks are due, as well, to all the seminar participants, including Yael Bentor, Robert Campany, Steven Collins, Bernard Faure, Charles Hallisey, Jacob Kin- nard, Susanne Mrozik, Brian Ruppert, Juliane Schober, Gregory Schopen, Robert Sharf, John Strong, Donald Swearer, and Stanley Tam- biah. We would also like to thank Nancy Ellegate, Laurie Searl, and the State University of New York Press for their assistance and the two anonymous reviewers who provided several helpful suggestions for improving the volume. We are also grateful to the University of Vermont Asian Studies Pro- gram for their support, and to the University of Virginia and the Tibetan and Himalyan Digital Library for hosting the Buddhist Relic Traditions Web site developed in conjunction with this volume (URL:http://iris. lib.virginia.edu/tibet/collections/religion/relics/index.html). Robert Sharf’s essay, “On the Allure of Buddhist Relics,” was pub- lished under the same title inRepresentations66 (Spring 1999): 75–99, and is © 1999 by the Regents of the University of California. It is reprinted by permission of University of California Press. An earlier version of Donald Swearer’s essay, “Signs of the Buddha in the Northern Thai Chronicles,” was published inWannakam Phutasa\sana\ Nai La\nna\(Buddhist literature in northern Thailand), ed. Phanphen Khru\’ngthai (Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 1996). It appears here by per- mission of Silk Worm Press.

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