The Road to Redemption: Killing Snakes in Medieval Chinese Buddhism

In the medieval Chinese context, snakes and tigers were viewed as two dominant, threatening animals in swamps and mountains. The animal-human confrontation increased with the expansion of human communities to the wilderness. Medieval Chinese Buddhists developed new discourses, strategies, rituals, a...

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Main Author: Chen, Huaiyu 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-21
Further subjects:B Buddhist women
B religious competition
B Buddhist violence
B Snakes
B Local Community
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