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Chinese Magical Medicine (Hardcover, First)
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Chinese Magical Medicine (Hardcover, First)
Series: Asian Religions and Cultures
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This book argues that the most profound and far-reaching effects of
Buddhism on Chinese culture occurred at the level of practice,
specifically in religious rituals designed to cure people of
disease, demonic possession, and bad luck. This practice would
leave its most lasting imprint on the liturgical tradition of
Taoism. In focusing on religious practice, it provides a corrective
to traditional studies of Chinese religion, which overemphasize
metaphysics and spirituality.
A basic concern with healing characterizes the entire gamut of
religious expression in East Asia. By concentrating on the medieval
development of Chinese therapeutic ritual, the author discovers the
germinal core of many still-current rituals across the social and
doctrinal frontiers of Buddhism and Taoism, as well as outside the
Buddhist or Taoist fold.
The book is based on close readings of liturgies written in
classical Chinese. The author describes and translates many of
them, analyzes their structure, and seeks out nonliturgical sources
to shed further light on the politics involved in specific
performances. Unlike the few previous studies of related rituals,
this book combines a scholar's understanding of the structure and
goals of these rites with a healthy suspicion of the practitioners'
claims to uniqueness.
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