Buddhist Daily Ritual: The Nitya Puja in Kathmandu Valley Shrines

Sharkey, Gregory

ISBN 10: 9748304809 / ISBN 13: 9789748304809

Published by Orchid Press, Bangkok, 2001

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387 Seiten, 23 colour and 11 b&w illustrations, bibliography. "This book presents findings of research on a particular form of Buddhist ritual practised by Sakyas and Vajracaryas, the inheritors of the monastic tradition and the highest Buddhist castes among the Newars, the indigenous peoples of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. . The exoteric liturgies performed each day are described and the relationship of these rites to other elements of Newar Buddhist practice are analysed, in order to shed light on connections between the latter and Buddhist practices elsewhere. .".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Buddhist Daily Ritual: The Nitya Puja in Kathmandu Valley Shrines
• Publisher: Orchid Press, Bangkok
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9748304809
• ISBN 13: 9789748304809
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Wie neu

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Synopsis

The Sakyas and Vajracaryas are the highest Buddhist castes among the Newars, the indigenous people of Kathmandu Valley of Nepal and the inheritors of the most authentic monastic rituals and traditions. The author here presents a record of their unique form of Buddhist devotionalism and ritual. The esoteric liturgies performed each day at the main shrines of babas and babis (as traditional Newar Buddhist vibaras are know) are described and the relationship of these rites to other elements of Newar Buddhist practice are analyzed in order to shed light on connections between the latter and Buddhist practices elsewhere