Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 230 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
1423720539
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9781423720539
Content:
Robert DeCaroli seeks to place the formation of Buddhism in its appropriate social & political contexts, by analysis of the early monks & nuns, what beliefs they brought with them from their upbringing & how the new faith offered them revolutionary new mechanisms with which to engage minor deities & spirits
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-220) and index
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Coming to termsMaking believers -- Set in stone -- Ghost stories -- The politics of enlightenment -- Policing the monastery -- Passage from India -- Confronting their demons.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0195168380
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195168389
Additional Edition:
Print version Haunting the Buddha
Language:
English
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