Buddhism is popularly seen as a religion stressing the truth of impermanence. How, then, to account for the long-standing veneration, in Asian Buddhist communities, of bone fragments, hair, teeth and other bodily bits said to come from the historic Buddha? Early European and American scholars of religion, influenced by a characteristic Protestant bias against relic worship, declared such practices...
Hardcover: 290 pages
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass (July 30, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 812083139X
ISBN-13: 978-8120831391
Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 1 x 8.9 inches
Amazon Rank: 480329
Format: PDF Text djvu book
reviews:This is a magnificent book, very well-researched and touching on such fascinating topics. For anyone under the disturbingly commonplace yet revisionist impression that Buddhism is a "philosophy" and not a religion, this analysis of the tradition reli...
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