Sins and sinners [electronic resource] : perspectives from Asian religions / edited by Phyllis Granoff and Koichi Shinohara.
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TextSeries: Studies in the history of religions: v. 139.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012Description: 1 online resource (vi, 387 p.) : illISBN: 9004229469 (hardback : alk. paper); 9004232001 (e-book); 9789004229464 (hardback : alk. paper); 9789004232006 (e-book); 9789004232006 (electronic book)Subject(s): Sin -- Congresses | Asia -- Religion -- CongressesDDC classification: 202/.2 LOC classification: BL1033 | .S56 2012Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | URL | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Proceedings of a conference held in the fall of 2010 at Yale University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part one : Sinning in Asian religious traditions -- 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 -- Part Two : Dealing with sin -- 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 Dagangdeng Dhāraņị scripture / Koichi Shinohara -- Redeeming bugs, birds, and really bad sinners in some Medieval Mahāyāna Sūtras and Dharanis / 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 / Gerard Toffin -- Sin and expiation among modern Hindus : to obey one's duty or following freely accepted rules? / Catherine Clémentin-Ojha.
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