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Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
ISBN10: 9004229469, ISBN13: 9789004229464, [publisher: Brill, Leiden] Hardcover First Edition Octavo. vi, (2), 387, (1)pp. Index. Pictorial buckram with lilac/gray spine lettered in white. Illustrated with 6 text photos. A fine but ex-library copy (with minimal markings; i.e. rubber stamps on title page & bottom of text block). Note: Proceedings of a conference held in the fall of 2010 at Yale University. Asian religious traditions have always been deeply concerned with "sins" and what to do about them. As the essays in this volume illustrate, what Buddhists in Tibet, India, China or Japan, what Jains, Daoists, Hindus or Sikhs considered to be a "sin" was neither one thing, nor exactly what the Abrahamic traditions meant by the term. "Sins" could be both undesirable behavior and unacceptable thoughts. In different contexts, at different times and places, a sin might be a ritual infraction or a violation of a rule of law; it could be a moral failing or a wrong belief. However defined, sins were considered so grave a hindrance to spiritual perfection, so profound a threat to the social order, that the search for their remedies through rituals of expiation, pilgrimage, confession, recitation of spells, or philosophical reflection, was one of the central quests of the religions studied here. (Publisher) Contents: Part one : Sinning in Asian religious traditions --; Social and soteriological aspects of sin and penance in Medieval Hindu la ...
Leiden: Brill, Date: 2012. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Octavo. vi, (2), 387, (1)pp. Index. Pictorial buckram with lilac/gray spine lettered in white. Illustrated with 6 text photos. A fine but ex-library copy (with minimal markings; i.e. rubber stamps on title page & bottom of text block). Note: Proceedings of a conference held in the fall of 2010 at Yale University. Asian religious traditions have always been deeply concerned with "sins" and what to do about them. As the essays in this volume illustrate, what Buddhists in Tibet, India, China or Japan, what Jains, Daoists, Hindus or Sikhs considered to be a "sin" was neither one thing, nor exactly what the Abrahamic traditions meant by the term. "Sins" could be both undesirable behavior and unacceptable thoughts. In different contexts, at different times and places, a sin might be a ritual infraction or a violation of a rule of law; it could be a moral failing or a wrong belief. However defined, sins were considered so grave a hindrance to spiritual perfection, so profound a threat to the social order, that the search for their remedies through rituals of expiation, pilgrimage, confession, recitation of spells, or philosophical reflection, was one of the central quests of the religions studied here. (Publisher) Contents: 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 : ...
Leiden: Brill, Date: 2012. First edition. Hardcover. near fine. Octavo. vi, (2), 387, (1)pp. Index. Pictorial buckram with lilac/gray spine lettered in white. Illustrated with 6 text photos. A fine but ex-library copy (with minimal markings; i.e. rubber stamps on title page & bottom of text block). Note: Proceedings of a conference held in the fall of 2010 at Yale University. Asian religious traditions have always been deeply concerned with "sins" and what to do about them. As the essays in this volume illustrate, what Buddhists in Tibet, India, China or Japan, what Jains, Daoists, Hindus or Sikhs considered to be a "sin" was neither one thing, nor exactly what the Abrahamic traditions meant by the term. "Sins" could be both undesirable behavior and unacceptable thoughts. In different contexts, at different times and places, a sin might be a ritual infraction or a violation of a rule of law; it could be a moral failing or a wrong belief. However defined, sins were considered so grave a hindrance to spiritual perfection, so profound a threat to the social order, that the search for their remedies through rituals of expiation, pilgrimage, confession, recitation of spells, or philosophical reflection, was one of the central quests of the religions studied here. (Publisher) Contents: 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 : ...
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ISBN10: 9004229469, ISBN13: 9789004229464, [publisher: Brill, Leiden] Hardcover First Edition Octavo. vi, (2), 387, (1)pp. Index. Pictorial buckram with lilac/gray spine lettered in white. Illustrated with 6 text photos. A fine but ex-library copy (with minimal markings; i.e. rubber stamps on title page & bottom of text block). Note: Proceedings of a conference held in the fall of 2010 at Yale University. Asian religious traditions have always been deeply concerned with "sins" and what to do about them. As the essays in this volume illustrate, what Buddhists in Tibet, India, China or Japan, what Jains, Daoists, Hindus or Sikhs considered to be a "sin" was neither one thing, nor exactly what the Abrahamic traditions meant by the term. "Sins" could be both undesirable behavior and unacceptable thoughts. In different contexts, at different times and places, a sin might be a ritual infraction or a violation of a rule of law; it could be a moral failing or a wrong belief. However defined, sins were considered so grave a hindrance to spiritual perfection, so profound a threat to the social order, that the search for their remedies through rituals of expiation, pilgrimage, confession, recitation of spells, or philosophical reflection, was one of the central quests of the religions studied here. (Publisher) Contents: Part one : Sinning in Asian religious traditions --; Social and soteriological aspects of sin and penance in Medieval Hindu la ...
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