Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism by James A. Benn

Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism

Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism

James A. Benn

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nonfiction history religion
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Burning for the Buddha is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of abandoning the body(self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. It examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places th...

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