TY  - BOOK
AU  - Swearer, D.K.
TI  - Becoming the Buddha
SN  - 	9788120831094 
U1  - 294.3 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Delhi
PB  - M.B.P.
KW  - Abhiṣeka (Buddhist rite)
KW  - Theravāda Buddhism -- Rituals -- History
KW  - Buddhism -- Thailand -- Rituals.
N1  - PART I
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. BUDDHA AND BUDDHA IMAGE
The Power of Images
The Buddha Image in Northern Thailand
Scriptural Accounts of the First Buddha Image
The Buddha Image: An Art Historical Perspective
CHAPTER 2. MEETING THE BUDDHA: TEMPLE, IMAGE, AND RELIC
Reliquary, and Buddha Image
Reliquary and Image: Correlative Signs of the Buddha's Presence
Buddha Image and Wat: Nature and Function
Consecration and Renewal
CHAPTER 3. CONSTRUCTING A BUDDHA IMAGE
Bronze Image Manufacture in Northern Thailand
Texts
Tatwa Kan Kosang Phraphuttharup (Manual for
Making a Buddha Image)
Anisong Kan Kosang Phraphuttharup-(The Meritorious
Blessing for Making Buddha Images)
Van Phraphuttharup (Buddha Image Yantra)'
Analysis
.'^VART II
CHAPTER 4. THE RITUAL: OPENING THE EYES OF THE BUDDHA
The Setting
The Bodhhnanda
Offerings to the Guru
The Ritual Process
Preliminaries
Paritta and Image Consecration
Texts
BuddhajayaDiau^ala Atthjgatha (The Auspicious Victory)
Dasa Pamm'i (The Ten Perfections)
Sukho Biiddhn (Happiness Is the Buddha)
Jiuapanjara Gatha (The Victor's Cage)
Paritta and Abhiseka
Opening the Eyes of the Buddha
Sermons: Ordaining the Buddha
The Performative Power of Meditation and Holy Monks
The Third Watch of the Night
Texts
Matigala Uddna Gatha (Stanzas of Auspicious Joy)
Yb Kha Ananda (() Ananda)
Btiddhdmissati (Remembering the Buddha)
Making the Buddha Present
Appendix 4.1 Paritta and Suat Mem
Appendix 4.2 Monastic Biographies; Luang Pu La,
n  Luang Pu Waen, Khruba Phrohm
CHAPTER 5. INSTRUCTING THE IMAGE
Introduction and Analysis
Texts
Pathom Somphot (The Buddha's Supreme
Enlightenment)
Antsong Pathom Somphot (The Meritorious
Blessing for Copying or Listening to the Pathom Somphot)
Sitthdt Ok Buat (Siddhattha's Renunciation)
CHAPTER 6. EMPOWERING THE IMAGE
Introduction and Analysis
Texts
Buddha Abhiseka (Consecrating the Buddha)
Suat Boek Phranet (Opening the Eyes of the Buddha)
PART III
CHAPTER 7. THE BODY OF^HE BUDDHA: POPULAR BUDDHISM
AND BUDDHOLOGICAL THEORY
Buddhas: Past, Present, and Future
Buddha-body and Dhamma-body
Buddha Images, Kings, and Power .
Texts
Tamndn Kd PhtVak (The Chronicle of the White Crow)
Tamndn Phra Sild (The Chronicle of the Stone Buddha Image)
CHAPTER 8. CONSECRATION TRADITIONS
IN OTHER BUDDHIST CULTURES: REASSESSING THE BUDDHABHiSEKA
Auspicious Eyes: Enlivening the Image
Dhammicization: Image and Reality
Transformation: Sadhana
Syncretization: Buddha, Gods, and Ancestral Spirits
Conclusion: Stories and Saints, Icons and Images
Appendix 8.1 Hindu or Buddhist?
EPILOGUE: IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA, KILL HIM!
R A. Payutto (Phra Dhammapitaka)
Sacred Objects, Efficacious Deities, and Miracles
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Who Sees Me Sees the Dhamma
Everyday Language/D/7rt»»JW Language
Phra Bodhirak and Santi Asok
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