Becoming the Buddha: The Ritual of Image Consecration in Thailand

by Donald K. Swearer

Book Overview

Becoming the Buddha is the first book-length study of a key ritual of Buddhist practice in Asia: the consecration of a Buddha image or "new Buddha," a ceremony by which the Buddha becomes present or alive. Through a richly detailed, accessible exploration of this ritual in northern Thailand, an exploration that stands apart from standard text-based or anthropological approaches, Donald Swearer makes a major contribution to our understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691114358
• ISBN13: 9780691114354
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.4"