SZEROKI WYBÓR
Oferujemy ponad milion pozycji anglojęzycznych – od literatury pięknej po specjalistyczną .
ISBN | 9780824889555 |
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Autor | Sasson Vanessa R. |
Wydawca | Univ Of Hawaii Pr |
Język | english |
Oprawa | Paperback |
Rok wydania | 2022 |
Liczba stron | 380 |
Renunciation is a core value in the Buddhist tradition, but Buddhism is not necessarily austere. Jewels--along with heavenly flowers, rays of rainbow light, and dazzling deities--shape the literature and the material reality of the tradition. They decorate temples, fill reliquaries, are used as metaphors, and sprout out of imagined Buddha fields. Moreover, jewels reflect a particular type of currency often used to make the Buddhist world go round: merit in exchange for wealth. Regardless of whether the Buddhist community has theoretically transcended the need for them or not, jewels--and the paradox they represent--are everywhere. Scholarship has often looked past this splendor, favoring the theory of renunciation instead, but in this volume, scholars from a wide range of disciplines consider the role jewels play in the Buddhist imaginary, putting them front and center for the first time.
Following an introduction that relates the colorful story of the Emerald Buddha, one of the most famous jewels in the world, chapters explore the function of jewels as personal identifiers in Buddhist and other Indian religious traditions