The Buddha's Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism
Thomas Nathan PattonBelief in wizard-saints who protect their devotees and intervene in the world is widespread among Burmese Buddhists. The Buddha’s Wizards is a historically informed, ethnographic study that explores the supernatural landscape of Buddhism in Myanmar to explain the persistence of wizardry as a form of lived religion in the modern era.
年:
2018
出版商:
Columbia University Press
語言:
english
ISBN 10:
0231547374
ISBN 13:
9780231547376
文件:
PDF, 9.08 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2018