Embodying the Dharma Buddhist Relic Veneration in Asia

• Main Authors: Germano, David, Trainor, Kevin
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Albany State University of New York Press 2004
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Buddhism; RELIGION; Rituals & Practice

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 t...

Table of Contents:

• EMBODYING THE DHARMA CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. INTRODUCTION: BEYOND SUPERSTITION 2. BUDDHIST RELICS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE: BEYOND THE PARALLELS 3. LIVING RELICS OF THE BUDDHA(S) IN TIBET 4. BUDDHIST RELICS AND JAPANESE REGALIA 5. THE FIELD OF THE BUDDHA’S PRESENCE Jacob N. Kinnard 6. SIGNS OF THE BUDDHA IN NORTHERN THAI CHRONICLES 7. ON THE ALLURE OF BUDDHIST RELICS CONTRIBUTORS INDEX Cover Frontmatter
• Intro -- EMBODYING THE DHARMA -- CONTENTS -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z