Becoming the Buddha: The Ritual of Image Consecration in Thailand by Donald K. Swearer

Becoming the Buddha: The Ritual of Image Consecration in Thailand

Donald K. Swearer

352 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

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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 explo...

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