Tibetan rituals of death
Subtitle: Buddhist funerary practices
By: Margaret Gouin.
Series: Routledge critical studies in Buddhism -- 54
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780415566360; 9780203849989
Subjects: Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies -- China -- Tibet; Death -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism; Buddhism -- Customs and practices
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The sources; title: Before death; title: Immediately after death; title: Disposal of the body; title: Special cases; title: Post-disposal rituals of benefit and protection; title: Remembering the deceased; title: Conclusion.