Sasaki Kazunori
,
Shoji Fumio
… Among the various culturalevents associated with Buddhism that are carried out in Kathmandu,"scripture worship" is particularly of great interest as a subject of study,considering its development into a rite of Buddhist doctrine, it can also beviewed as a representative example that reveals the difficulty of studying a"living culture" that is routinely practiced.This paper first looks at the example of a recitation ritual, Prajñāpāramitāpaṭhanathat is conducted in a Buddhist temple named Kwa Baha in thecity of Lalitpur (Patan) in the Kathmandu valley. …
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