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- catalog abstract ""Becoming the Buddha is the first book-length study of a key ritual of Buddhist practice in Asia: the consecration of a Buddha image or "new Buddha," a ceremony by which the Buddha becomes present or alive. Through a richly detailed, accessible exploration of this ritual in northern Thailand, an exploration that stands apart from standard text-based or anthropological approaches, Donald Swearer makes a major contribution to our understanding of the Buddha image, its role in Buddhist devotional life, and its relationship to the veneration of Buddha relics. Blending ethnography, analysis, and Buddhist texts related to this mimetic reenactment of the night of the Buddha's enlightenment, he demonstrates that the image becomes the Buddha's surrogate by being invested with the Buddha's story and charged with the extraordinary power of Buddhahood. The process by which this transformation occurs through chant, sermon, meditation, and the presence of charismatic monks is at the heart of this book."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13132802.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Becoming the Buddha is the first book-length study of a key ritual of Buddhist practice in Asia: the consecration of a Buddha image or "new Buddha," a ceremony by which the Buddha becomes present or alive. Through a richly detailed, accessible exploration of this ritual in northern Thailand, an exploration that stands apart from standard text-based or anthropological approaches, Donald Swearer makes a major contribution to our understanding of the Buddha image, its role in Buddhist devotional life, and its relationship to the veneration of Buddha relics. Blending ethnography, analysis, and Buddhist texts related to this mimetic reenactment of the night of the Buddha's enlightenment, he demonstrates that the image becomes the Buddha's surrogate by being invested with the Buddha's story and charged with the extraordinary power of Buddhahood. The process by which this transformation occurs through chant, sermon, meditation, and the presence of charismatic monks is at the heart of this book."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Buddha and Buddha Image -- Ch. 2. Meeting the Buddha: Temple, Image, and Relic -- Ch. 3. Constructing a Buddha Image -- Ch. 4. The Ritual: Opening the Eyes of the Buddha -- Ch. 5. Instructing the Image -- Ch. 6. Empowering the Image -- Ch. 7. The Body of the Buddha: Popular Buddhism and Buddhological Theory -- Ch. 8. Consecration Traditions in Other Buddhist Cultures: Reassessing the Buddhabhiseka -- Epilogue: If You Meet the Buddha, Kill Him! -- Glossary of Selected Pali and Thai Terms.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-320) and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 332 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0691114358".
- catalog isPartOf "Buddhisms".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Thailand".
- catalog subject "294.3/438 21".
- catalog subject "Abhiṣeka (Buddhist rite)".
- catalog subject "BQ4990.T4 S98 2004".
- catalog subject "Buddhism Thailand Rituals.".
- catalog subject "Theravāda Buddhism Rituals History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Buddha and Buddha Image -- Ch. 2. Meeting the Buddha: Temple, Image, and Relic -- Ch. 3. Constructing a Buddha Image -- Ch. 4. The Ritual: Opening the Eyes of the Buddha -- Ch. 5. Instructing the Image -- Ch. 6. Empowering the Image -- Ch. 7. The Body of the Buddha: Popular Buddhism and Buddhological Theory -- Ch. 8. Consecration Traditions in Other Buddhist Cultures: Reassessing the Buddhabhiseka -- Epilogue: If You Meet the Buddha, Kill Him! -- Glossary of Selected Pali and Thai Terms.".
- catalog title "Becoming the Buddha : the ritual of image consecration in Thailand / Donald K. Swearer.".
- catalog type "text".