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Buddhism: The Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha

Burning for the Buddha

Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism

by James A. Benn

A historical study of religious self-immolation in China from the fifth century onward, examining how monks interpreted the example of the Medicine King in the Lotus Sutra. It situates the practice in Chinese ideas of the body, sacrifice and sainthood.

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