[Buddha-l] Extreme practice

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

jkirk schreef:
>  
> James A. Benn . _Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in
> Chinese Buddhism (Studies in East Asian Buddhism)_. U. Hawaii
> Press, 2007. 
>
> And we thought it was just a few neurotic individuals, not
> heroes. Looks like the Middle Way got dumped by the Mahayanists.
>
> Has anyone seen this book?      Joanna
>
>
>   
No, but I remember stories told by Akong Rche about old Tibetan monks 
burning their fingers off.

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Erik

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