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The Author Portrays Relic Veneration As A Technology Of Remembrance And Representation Which Makes Present The Buddha Of The Past For Living Buddhists. By Analyzing The Abstract Ideas, Emotional Orientations, And Ritual Behavior Centered On The Buddha's Material Remains, He Contributes To The Rematerializing Of Buddhism Which Is Currently Underway Among Western Scholars. Professor Trainor's Study Reflects The Scholarly Shift Toward An Appreciation Of Historical Diversity And Local Difference In Buddhist Thought And Practice, While At The Same Time Drawing Upon The Broader Interpretive Orientation Of The Discipline Of Religious Studies. In Doing So This Work Demonstrates Admirably The Benefits That Arise From A Continued Conversation Between The Study Of A Particular Religion And The Study Of Religion More Generically Defined. 1. Orientations -- 2. Buddhist Relic Veneration In India -- 3. Relics And The Establishment Of The Buddhist Sasana In Sri Lanka -- 4. Paradigms Of Presence -- 5. Ritual And The Presence Of The Buddha. Kevin Trainor. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 198-218) And Index.

Author

Trainor, Kevin

Publisher

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521582803

Subjects

Religion, Buddhism