Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism

Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition

AvKevin Trainor

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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This book is a serious study of relic veneration among South Asian Buddhists. Drawing on textual sources and archaeological evidence from India and Sri Lanka, including material rarely examined in the West, it looks specifically at the practice of relic veneration in the Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist tradition. The author portrays relic veneration as a technology of remembrance and representation which makes present the Buddha of the past for living Buddhists. By analysing the abstract ideas, emotional orientation and ritual behaviour centred on the Buddha's material remains, he contributes to the 'rematerializing' of Buddhism which is currently under way among Western scholars. This book is an excellent introduction to Buddhist relics. It is well written and accessible and will be read by scholars and serious students of Buddhism and religious studies for years to come.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-06-13
Mått:160 x 236 x 19 mm
Vikt:460 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521582803

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"A carefully researched and theoretically engaged study.... A first-rate analysis that belongs in every academic library with significant holdings on Buddhism." John Clifford Holt, Religious Studies Review

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1. Orientations; 2. Buddhist relic veneration in India; 3. Relics and the establishment of the Buddhist sasana in Sri Lanka; 4. Paradigms of presence; 5. Ritual and the presence of the Buddha; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.