{"product_id":"burning-for-the-buddha-james-a-benn-9780824829926","title":"Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism","description":"Burning for the Buddha is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of \"abandoning the body\"(self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. It examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context. Rather than privilege the doctrinal and exegetical interpretations of the tradition, which assume the central importance of the mind and its cultivation, James Benn focuses on the ways in which the heroic ideals of the bodhisattva present in scriptural materials such as the Lotus Sutra played out in the realm of religious practice on the ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James A. Benn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0824829921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780824829926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Hawaii Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.15h x 6.08w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 20","brand":"James A. Benn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47930686669055,"sku":"9780824829926","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b769e2d2-c859-4de0-b8d2-fd2de9a3efa9.jpg?v=1766343569","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/burning-for-the-buddha-james-a-benn-9780824829926","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}