"Reading "Becoming the Buddha" was an exciting, note-taking, eye-opening experience that stimulated my thinking about the field and about my own work. This book is the product of a mature scholar whose many years in the field and whose prolific writings have made him one of the world's top authorities on Thai religion and culture, and yet it retains a freshness in the approach it takes, the topic it tackles, and the conclusions it upholds. There is nothing like it in print that I know of. I have every confidence that it will become, in a few years' time, a much referred to, often quoted, classic."--John S. Strong, Bates College, author of "The Legend and Cult of Upagupta"
"This is the first major book-length study of image consecration for Indian or Southeast Asian Buddhism that is accessible to a general readership. The scholarship behind it is enormous. Donald Swearer has collected a great range of texts and translated them adeptly while also incorporating ethnographic materials that are not only excellent but at times quite delightful."--Richard Davis, Bard College, author of "Lives of Indian Images"
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"Reading "Becoming the Buddha" was an exciting, note-taking, eye-opening experience that stimulated my thinking about the field and about my own work. This book is the product of a mature scholar whose many years in the field and whose prolific writings have made him one of the world's top authorities on Thai religion and culture, and yet it retains a freshness in the approach it takes, the topic it tackles, and the conclusions it upholds. There is nothing like it in print that I know of. I have every confidence that it will become, in a few years' time, a much referred to, often quoted, classic."--John S. Strong, Bates College, author of "The Legend and Cult of Upagupta"
"This is the first major book-length study of image consecration for Indian or Southeast Asian Buddhism that is accessible to a general readership. The scholarship behind it is enormous. Donald Swearer has collected a great range of texts and translated them adeptly while also incorporating ethnographic materials that are not only excellent but at times quite delightful."--Richard Davis, Bard College, author of "Lives of Indian Images"
Imprint | Princeton University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series |
Release date | 2001 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | February 2004 |
Authors | Donald K Swearer |
Dimensions | 235 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 332 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-11435-4 |
Barcode | 9780691114354 |
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LSN | 0-691-11435-8 |