Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China

Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 311
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ISBN-10 : 9781107003880
ISBN-13 : 1107003881
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Book Synopsis Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China by : Paul Williams

Download or read book Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China written by Paul Williams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death rituals and Buddhist imagery of the afterlife have been central to the development and spread of Buddhism as a social and textual tradition. Bringing together ethnographic, historical and theoretically informed accounts, the book presents in-depth studies of the Buddhist funeral cultures of mainland Southeast Asia and China.


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