Becoming the Buddha Motilal Banarsidass 3 Activity (kriya) and sacraments

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Becoming the Buddha Motilal Banarsidass 3 Activity (kriya) and sacramentsBecoming 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 of the