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The Body Incantatory – Spells and the Ritual Imagination in Medieval Chinese Buddhism: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies

Autor Paul Copp
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 2 oct 2014
The Body Incantatory reveals the histories and logics of practice of deeply embodied forms of Buddhist ritual. Paul Copp vividly captures the diversity of Buddhist practice among medieval monks, ritual healers, and other individuals lost to history, offering a corrective to accounts that have overemphasized elite, canonical materials.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780231162708
ISBN-10: 0231162707
Pagini: 464
Ilustrații: 32
Dimensiuni: 159 x 243 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press
Seria The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies


Notă biografică

Paul Copp is associate professor in Chinese religion and thought at the University of Chicago.

Cuprins

List of Illustrations
Preface: The Body Incantatory
Thanks
Abbreviations
Introduction: Dharanis and the Study of Buddhist Spells
1. Scripture, Relic, Talisman, Spell
2. Amulets of the Incantation of Wish Fulfillment
3. Dust, Shadow, and the Incantation of Glory
4. Mystic Store and Wizard's Basket
Coda: Material Incantations and the Study of Medieval Chinese Buddhism
Appendix 1. Suiqiu Amulets Discovered in China
Appendix 2. Stein no. 4690: Four Spells
Notes
Glossary
Sources
Index

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The Body Incantatory reveals the histories and logics of practice of deeply embodied forms of Buddhist ritual. Paul Copp vividly captures the diversity of Buddhist practice among medieval monks, ritual healers, and other individuals lost to history, offering a corrective to accounts that have overemphasized elite, canonical materials.