Western scholarship has largely ignored the practice of venerating the physical remains of the Buddha, a practice that has been a central focus of both monastic and lay Buddhists for more than two millennia. This study draws on textual and archaeological evidence from India and Sri Lanka to examine the place of relic veneration in the history of South Asian Buddhism. It contributes to current work on the history of Western Buddhology, to the discipline of religious studies, and to the history of Indian and Sri Lankan Buddhism.
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Western scholarship has largely ignored the practice of venerating the physical remains of the Buddha, a practice that has been a central focus of both monastic and lay Buddhists for more than two millennia. This study draws on textual and archaeological evidence from India and Sri Lanka to examine the place of relic veneration in the history of South Asian Buddhism. It contributes to current work on the history of western Buddhology, to the discipline of Religious Studies, and to the history of Indian and Sri Lankan Buddhism.
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When I began working on the subject of the present volume more than ten years ago, the topic of Buddhist relic veneration had not received a great deal of attention from European and American scholars. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
relic veneration, axial symbolism, corporeal relics, monastic participation, relic theft, relic cult, relic monument, cultivated monks, ordination lineage, relic chamber, tooth relic, inscriptionum indicarum, relic casket, theft accounts, given relic, chronicle literature, hair relics, relics enshrined, serene joy, chronicle tradition, proper veneration, relic tradition, final passing, rock edict, cosmic axis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sri Lanka, New York, Rhys Davids, Triple Gem, Gregory Schopen, Indian Buddhism, John Ross Carter, Pali Text Society, Buddha Gotama, Heinz Bechert, Motilal Banarsidass, Oxford University Press, Blessed One, Cambridge University Press, Paul Mus, Anima Books, Buddhism Transformed, History of Buddhism, Presence of the Past, Sinhalese Society, Sinhala Buddhists, The Inception of Discipline, Two Problems, Vin Trsl, Vism Trsl New!
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When I began working on the subject of the present volume more than ten years ago, the topic of Buddhist relic veneration had not received a great deal of attention from European and American scholars. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
relic veneration, axial symbolism, corporeal relics, monastic participation, relic theft, relic cult, relic monument, cultivated monks, ordination lineage, relic chamber, tooth relic, inscriptionum indicarum, relic casket, theft accounts, given relic, chronicle literature, hair relics, relics enshrined, serene joy, chronicle tradition, proper veneration, relic tradition, final passing, rock edict, cosmic axis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sri Lanka, New York, Rhys Davids, Triple Gem, Gregory Schopen, Indian Buddhism, John Ross Carter, Pali Text Society, Buddha Gotama, Heinz Bechert, Motilal Banarsidass, Oxford University Press, Blessed One, Cambridge University Press, Paul Mus, Anima Books, Buddhism Transformed, History of Buddhism, Presence of the Past, Sinhalese Society, Sinhala Buddhists, The Inception of Discipline, Two Problems, Vin Trsl, Vism Trsl New!
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- Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism (Routledge Studies in Asian Religion) by James Egge in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Buddhism: The Illustrated Guide by Kevin Trainor in Back Matter, and Back Flap
- The Life of Buddhism (The Life of Religion) by Frank E. Reynolds in Back Matter
- In Defense of Dharma: Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism) by Tessa J. Bartholomeusz in Back Matter
- Awakening and Insight: Zen Buddhism and Psychotherapy by Polly Young-Eisendrath on page 186
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