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Living Torches of Tibet – Religious and Political Implications of the Recent Self-Immolations |
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Plank, Katarina (著)
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| Source |
Journal of Religion and Violence
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| Volume | v.1 n.3 |
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| Date | 2013 |
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| Pages | 343 - 362 |
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| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center |
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http://www.pdcnet.org/
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| Location | Charlottesville, VA, US [夏律第鎮, 維吉尼亞州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Self-Immolation; Tibet; Buddhism; Sacrifice; Political Violence; Nationalist Struggle |
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| Abstract | Self-immolation is not an ordinary suicide or self-destructive act, but has a religious dimension since one’s own body is seen as a gift for a greater cause. This article highlights the specific Buddhist ritual and textual heritage when analyzing the recent wave of self-immolations in Tibet, and incorporates the act in a wider Buddhist set of practices called ”gift of the body”. The first political sacrifices made in the 1960s intended to save Buddhism at a time when it was perceived as being threatened in South Vietnam, and later focus shifted towards bringing an end to the Vietnam War. As a result, their sacrifices were addressed to Vietnamese politicians and to the global community. Nearly fifty years later, a new wave of self-immolations have occurred in Tibet – with previously no tradition of self-immolation – and this time, the fiery suicides by Tibetan monks and former monks can be seen as an expression of the nationalist struggle for a free Tibet. |
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| Table of contents | Self-immolation – Sacrificing One’s Own Body for a Greater Cause 345
Self-immolations in Tibet 347
Lama Sobha’s Last Message 350
The Gift of the Body in Buddhist Literature 351
Auto-cremation as Religious Practice in Buddhist Tradition 355
The prototype of auto-cremation as political protest–the death of Thich Quang Duc 357
Conclusions 359
References 361 |
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| ISSN | 21596808 (E) |
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| Created date | 2023.11.22 |
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| Modified date | 2023.11.22 |
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