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Living Karma : The Religious Practices of Ouyi Zhixu.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist StudiesPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 25th edDescription: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231537773
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Living KarmaDDC classification:
  • 294.3092
LOC classification:
  • BQ4435 -- .M43 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Karma as a Narrative Device in Ouyi's Autobiography -- 2. Divination as a Karmic Diagnostic -- 3. Repentance Rituals for Eliminating Karma -- 4. Vowing to Assume the Karma of Others -- 5. Slicing, Burning, and Blood Writing: Karmic Transformations of Bodies -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. A Translation of Ouyi's Autobiography -- Appendix 2. A Map of Ouyi's Life -- Notes -- Glossary of Terms, People, Places, and Titles of Texts -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Beverley Foulks McGuire is an assistant professor of East Asian religions at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University and her M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School. Her academic research focuses on Chinese religions, Buddhism, and comparative religious ethics.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Karma as a Narrative Device in Ouyi's Autobiography -- 2. Divination as a Karmic Diagnostic -- 3. Repentance Rituals for Eliminating Karma -- 4. Vowing to Assume the Karma of Others -- 5. Slicing, Burning, and Blood Writing: Karmic Transformations of Bodies -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. A Translation of Ouyi's Autobiography -- Appendix 2. A Map of Ouyi's Life -- Notes -- Glossary of Terms, People, Places, and Titles of Texts -- Bibliography -- Index.

Beverley Foulks McGuire is an assistant professor of East Asian religions at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University and her M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School. Her academic research focuses on Chinese religions, Buddhism, and comparative religious ethics.

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