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020			_a 9788120831094
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082			_a294.3 _bSWE/B
100			_aSwearer, D.K.
245		0	_aBecoming the Buddha/ _cD.K.Swearer
260			_aDelhi : _bM.B.P., _c2007.
300			_axviii,332p. : _bill. ; _c24cm.
440			_a Buddhist traditions.
505			_aPART 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
650			_aAbhiṣeka (Buddhist rite)
650			_aTheravāda Buddhism -- Rituals -- History.
650			_aBuddhism -- Thailand -- Rituals.
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