Embodying the dharma

Informationen zum Autor David Germano is Associate Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Virginia. He is the coeditor (with Helmut Eimer) of The Many Canons of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder and director of the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library. Kevin Trainor is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Vermont and the author of Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition . Klappentext 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.

Product details

• Authors: d trainor Germano
• Assisted by: David Germano (Editor), Germano David (Editor), Kevin Trainor (Editor), Trainor Kevin (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2004
• EAN: 9780791462171
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-6217-1
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 238 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; RELIGION / Buddhism / General, Buddhism, Religion: general