The Scripture on the Ten Kings and the Making of Purgatory in Medieval Chinese Buddhism: No. 9 - Rilegato

Teiser, Stephen F.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0824815874 ISBN 13: 9780824815875

Casa editrice: Univ of Hawaii Pr, 1994

Riassunto

Between the seventh and ninth centuries, the Chinese mind became preoccupied with a concept of the afterlife that persists into modern times. To be reborn, the deceased must successfully negotiate passage through ten courts of law, each ruled by a magistrate or king. The pains of transition from death to rebirth can be alleviated by the intercession of the living with contributions to the Buddhist church and bribes of spirit money. The cosmology, morality, and rituals of the ten kings are described for the first time in surviving sources in an illustrated text, The Scripture on the Ten Kings, which is here translated for the first time.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Stephen F. Teiser is an associate professor of religion at Princeton University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Hawaii Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0824815874
• ISBN 13: 9780824815875
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 368
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile