Sins and sinners : perspectives from Asian religions /

Sins and sinners : perspectives from Asian religions /

Asian religious traditions have always been deeply concerned with \'sins\' and what to do about them. As the essays in this volume illustrate, what Buddhists in Tibet, India, China or Japan, what Jains, Daoists, Hindus or Sikhs considered to be a \'sin\' was neither one thing, no...

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Other Authors: Granoff, P. E. 1947-, Shinohara, Koichi, 1941-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Numen Book Series 139.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

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Sin > Congresses.
Asia > Religion > Congresses.

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Call Number: BL1033 .S56 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Social and Soteriological Aspects of Sin and Penance in Medieval Hindu Law /
  • David Brick
  • Sin and Expiation in Sikh Texts and Contexts: From the Nānak Panth to the Khālsā /
  • Denis Matringe
  • "Living Without Sin": Reflections on the Pre-Buddhist World of Early China /
  • Michael Nylan
  • Sin, Sinification, Sinology: On the Notion of Sin in Buddhism and Chinese Religions /
  • James Robson
  • "The Evil Person is the Primary Recipient of the Buddha's Compassion" The Akunin Shōki Theme in Shin Buddhism of Japan /
  • James C. Dobbins
  • The Sin of "Slandering the True Dharma" in Nichiren's Thought /
  • Jacqueline I. Stone
  • Ritual Faults, Sins, and Legal Offences: A Discussion About Two Patterns of Justice in Contemporary India /
  • Daniela Berti
  • After Sinning: Some Thoughts on Remorse, Responsibility, and the Remedies for Sin In Indian Religious Traditions /
  • Phyllis Granoff
  • The Role of Confession in Chinese and Japanese Tiantai/Tendai Bodhisattva Ordinations /
  • Paul Groner
  • Removal of Sins in Esoteric Buddhist Rituals: A Study of the Dafangdeng Dhāraṇī Scripture /
  • Koichi Shinohara
  • Redeeming Bugs, Birds, and Really Bad Sinners in Some Medieval Mahāyāna Sūtras and Dhāraṇīs /
  • Gregory Schopen
  • Sometimes Love Don't Feel Like It Should: Redemptive Violence in Tantric Buddhism /
  • Jacob P. Dalton
  • Sin and Flaws in Kerala Astrology /
  • Gilles Tarabout
  • Sin and Expiation in Nepal: The Makar Melā Pilgrimage in Panautī /
  • Gérard Toffin
  • Sin and Expiation Among Modern Hindus: To Obey One's Duty or Following Freely Accepted Rules? /
  • Catherine Clémentin-Ojha
  • Index.