Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism. James A. Benn

Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism


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Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism James A. Benn
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« American Buddhism: Some Big Names in Crisis (UPDATED) · Buddhist Political Action: Robert Thurman's Meme (UPDATED with petition) » China says 18-year-old Tibetan self-immolates: Teenager's death latest of six self-immolations in the last week as China's communist leadership undergoes transfer of power (Nov 11). Jan 11, 2013 - “Bhaisajyaguru — the Buddhist Medicine King burned off his forearms for the sake of his sins. As they burned, usually to death, they shouted slogans against Chinese rule and for the return of the Dalai Lama, their spiritual leader, who has been based in Dharamsala since 1959. The moral of the tiger parable is China blames supporters of the exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama for encouraging the self-immolations. Dec 19, 2012 - Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the body"(self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. The thesis argues this as a mixed development between Buddhist teaching of advancing the mind and Chinese ideology of disciplining the body. There was perhaps a greater need, Self Immolation and Buddhist Social Engagement. Images of Mary had been widely Instead, they discreetly stole and destroyed temple artwork, melted down the Buddhist statues in their families' homes and burned their Buddhist texts. Yet at another level Buddhist texts and tradition have without reservation encouraged self-immolation by fire, drawing, feeding one's body to animal or surrendering to death as an act of compassion (Ben 2007). Running · Teachers · Recommended. Oct 8, 2013 - The self-immolators, who are often Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns, are burning themselves alive to protest the occupation of Tibet by China and the resulting genocide of Tibetan culture and religion. Jeffrey Bartholet looks at the human and political He also explores the peculiar history of self-immolation, and the related debate among some Tibetan Buddhists about whether they constitute acceptable or unacceptable violence. Tibet Burning: Behind the Wave of Self-Immolations. Slowly but surely these deaths are making their way into the mainstream media. Oct 22, 2013 - Meanwhile, Tibetans hope that the self-immolations will bring global awareness to China's policies towards Tibet. Feb 21, 2013 - Artists' Sacred Visions at Tibet House The gallery at Tibet House is hosting “Sacred Vision, Separate Views: Contemporary Buddhist Perspectives In Art. Jun 6, 2013 - Particularly, the ethic of Ahiṃsā will not permit such harm. Jun 22, 2005 - The interaction of Matteo Ricci and Chinese Buddhists presents another historic meeting point between Mary and Kuan Yin in China throughout the 16 th to early 18 th century. Mar 10, 2012 - In the past year at least 26 Tibetans, mostly young Buddhist monks, have set fire to themselves.





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