Relics of the Buddha (Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series)

by JohnS.Strong (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2004

  $102.52

  Buddhism is seen as a religion stressing the truth of impermanence. How, then, to account for the long-standing veneration, in Asian Buddhist communities, of bone fragments, and other bodily bits said to come from the historic Buddha? This book argues that relic veneration has played an integral role in Buddhist traditions in Southeast Asia.