| Series |
Kuroda Institute studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 19
Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 19. ^A210404
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| Contents |
Introduction -- "Mounting the smoke with glittering colors": self-immolation in early medieval China -- The Lotus Sūtra, auto-cremation, and the indestructible tongue -- Saṃgha and the state: the power(s) of self-immolation -- Is self-immolation a "good practice"? Yongming Yanshou on relinquishing the body -- Local heroes in a fragmenting empire: self-immolation in the late Tang and five dynasties -- One thousand years of self-immolation -- Conclusion. |
| General note | "A Kuroda Institute book." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-345) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006035361 |
| ISBN | 9780824829926 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0824829921 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
