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Buddhist Rituals of Death and Rebirth
Contemporary Sri Lankan Practice and Its Origins
Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
In Buddhist thought and practice, death has always been a central concept. This book provides a careful and thorough analysis of the rituals and social customs surrounding death in the Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka. Rita Langer describes the rituals of death and rebirth and investigates their...
Published April 28th 2009 by Routledge