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Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition
Author Trainor, Kevin (著)
Date1997.06
Pages240
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publisher Url http://uk.cambridge.org/
LocationCambridge, UK [劍橋, 英國]
SeriesCambridge Studies in Religious Traditions
Series No.10
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
KeywordRelics of Gautama Buddha; Cult of Gautama Buddha in Sri Lanka
AbstractThis book is a serious study of relic veneration among South Asian Buddhists. Drawing on textual sources and archaeological evidence from India and Sri Lanka, including material rarely examined in the West, it looks specifically at the practice of relic veneration in the Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist tradition. The author portrays relic veneration as a technology of remembrance and representation which makes present the Buddha of the past for living Buddhists. By analysing the abstract ideas, emotional orientation and ritual behaviour centred on the Buddha's material remains, he contributes to the 'rematerializing' of Buddhism which is currently under way among Western scholars. This book is an excellent introduction to Buddhist relics. It is well written and accessible and will be read by scholars and serious students of Buddhism and religious studies for years to come.
Table of contentsAcknowledgments x
List of abbreviations xii
1. Orientations 1
2. Buddhist relic veneration in India 32
3. Relics and the establishment of the Buddhist sasana in Sri Lanka 66
4. Paradigms of presence 96
5. Ritual and the presence of the Buddha 136
Epilogue 189
Bibliography 198
Index 219
ISBN9780521582803 (hc); 0521582806 (hc)
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  1. Book Review: Relics, Ritual and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition, by K. Trainor / Argaud, Jacky (評論)
  2. Book Review: Relics, Ritual and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition, By Kevin Trainor / Bartholomeusz, Tessa J. (評論)
  3. Book Review: Relics, Ritual and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri-Lankan Theravada Tradition, By K. Trainor / Keown, D. (評論)
  4. Book review: Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition, By Kevin Trainor / Muck, Terry C. (評論)
  5. Book Review: Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition, By Kevin Trainor / Sylwanowicz, M. (評論)
  6. Book Review: Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada tradition, By Kevin Trainor / Gombrich, Richard Francis (評論)
  7. Book Review: Relics, Ritual, and Representation In Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition, By Kevin Trainor / Rhodes, Robert F. (著)
  8. Book Review: Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravāda Tradition, By Kevin Trainor / Spencer, Jonathan (評論)
  9. Book Review: Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravāda Tradition, By Kevin Trainor / Salgado, Nirmala (著)
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