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cult of the book: a standalone construct

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cult ofthe book1 CONSTRUCTCult of the bookSCHOPEN · BUDDHIST STUDIES

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Buddhist studies

Schopen's thesis that early Mahāyāna groups centred worship on sūtra texts, making the place of a book a shrine as an alternative to the stūpa cult of relics.

In Buddhist studies, cult of the book refers to Schopen's thesis that early Mahāyāna groups centred worship on sūtra texts, making the place of a book a shrine as an alternative to the stūpa cult of relics. This meaning comes from Schopen (1975) in Indo-Iranian Journal.[1]

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  1. Schopen, G. (1975). The phrase ‘sa pṛthivīpradeśaś caityabhūto bhavet’ in the Vajracchedikā: Notes on the cult of the book in Mahāyāna. Indo-Iranian Journal, 17(3-4), 147-181. https://doi.org/10.1163/000000075790079574

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