Relics of the Buddha by Stephen F. Teiser, John S. Strong

Relics of the Buddha

Stephen F. Teiser, John S. Strong

290 pages first pub 2004 (view editions)

history religion informative reflective slow-paced
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Buddhism is popularly seen as a religion stressing the truth of impermanence. How, then, to account for the long-standing veneration, in Asian Buddhist communities, of bone fragments, hair, teeth, and other bodily bits said to come from the histor...

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