"In "Becoming the Buddha" Donald Swearer has provided a
multifaceted historical, ethnographic, and comparative study of an
image consecration ritual that lies close to the very heart of
popular Buddhist piety. Drawing on more than four decades of
textual research and field experience in northern Thailand, Swearer
provides compelling descriptions and probing analyses that will
command the attention of scholars in Buddhist studies and ritual
studies for many years to come."--Frank Reynolds, co-translator of
"Three Worlds of King Ruang: A Thai Buddhist Cosmology"
"Reading "Becoming the Buddha" was an exciting, note-taking,
eye-opening experience that stimulated my thinking about the field
and about my own work. This book is the product of a mature scholar
whose many years in the field and whose prolific writings have made
him one of the world's top authorities on Thai religion and
culture, and yet it retains a freshness in the approach it takes,
the topic it tackles, and the conclusions it upholds. There is
nothing like it in print that I know of. I have every confidence
that it will become, in a few years' time, a much referred to,
often quoted, classic."--John S. Strong, Bates College, author of
"The Legend and Cult of Upagupta"
"This is the first major book-length study of image consecration
for Indian or Southeast Asian Buddhism that is accessible to a
general readership. The scholarship behind it is enormous. Donald
Swearer has collected a great range of texts and translated them
adeptly while also incorporating ethnographic materials that are
not only excellent but at times quite delightful."--Richard Davis,
Bard College, author of "Lives of Indian Images"
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