Tibetan Rituals of Death

Informationen zum Autor Margaret Gouin received her doctorate in Tibetan Buddhist studies from the University of Bristol and is now an independent scholar. Her current areas of interest are dying and death in Buddhist practice, the adaptation and evolution of Buddhism in the West, and research methodology. Klappentext This book centres on funeral rituals in Tibetan Buddhism with particular emphasis on their structure and performance. Drawing on historical travel literature, anthropological studies and ethnographic literature, as well as Tibetan texts and existing academic studies, the author describes and analyses Tibetan Buddhist funeral rituals from the earliest available records up to the present. Zusammenfassung This book centres on funeral rituals in Tibetan Buddhism with particular emphasis on their structure and performance. Drawing on historical travel literature, anthropological studies and ethnographic literature, as well as Tibetan texts and existing academic studies, the author describes and analyses Tibetan Buddhist funeral rituals from the earliest available records up to the present. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction  2. The Sources  3. Before Death  4. Immediately After Death  5. Disposal of the Body  6. Special Cases  7. Post-Disposal Rituals of Benefit and Protection  8. Remembering the Deceased  9. Conclusion

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Margaret Gouin, Margaret E. Gouin, Gouin Margaret
• Verlag: Routledge Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 21.06.2010
• EAN: 9780415566360
• ISBN: 978-0-415-56636-0
• Seiten: 208
• Serien: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism; Routledge Critical Studies in; Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; RELIGION / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan, Buddhist life & practice, Buddhist life and practice, Tibetan Buddhism