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| Living Torches of Tibet – Religious and Political Implications of the Recent Self-Immolations | ||
| 作者 | Plank, Katarina (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of Religion and Violence |
| 卷期 | v.1 n.3 |
| 出版日期 | 2013 |
| 頁次 | 343 - 362 |
| 出版者 | Philosophy Documentation Center |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.pdcnet.org/ |
| 出版地 | Charlottesville, VA, US [夏律第鎮, 維吉尼亞州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Self-Immolation; Tibet; Buddhism; Sacrifice; Political Violence; Nationalist Struggle |
| 摘要 | Self-immolation is not an ordinary suicide or self-destructive act, but has a religious dimension since one’s own body is seen as a gift for a greater cause. This article highlights the specific Buddhist ritual and textual heritage when analyzing the recent wave of self-immolations in Tibet, and incorporates the act in a wider Buddhist set of practices called ”gift of the body”. The first political sacrifices made in the 1960s intended to save Buddhism at a time when it was perceived as being threatened in South Vietnam, and later focus shifted towards bringing an end to the Vietnam War. As a result, their sacrifices were addressed to Vietnamese politicians and to the global community. Nearly fifty years later, a new wave of self-immolations have occurred in Tibet – with previously no tradition of self-immolation – and this time, the fiery suicides by Tibetan monks and former monks can be seen as an expression of the nationalist struggle for a free Tibet. |
| 目次 | Self-immolation – Sacrificing One’s Own Body for a Greater Cause 345 Self-immolations in Tibet 347 Lama Sobha’s Last Message 350 The Gift of the Body in Buddhist Literature 351 Auto-cremation as Religious Practice in Buddhist Tradition 355 The prototype of auto-cremation as political protest–the death of Thich Quang Duc 357 Conclusions 359 References 361 |
| ISSN | 21596808 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 43 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.11.22 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.11.22 |
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