Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
4. PREFACE xv
5. NOTE AND ABBREVIATIONS xvii
6. PART I
7. INTRODUCTION 3
8. CHAPTER 1. BUDDHA AND BUDDHA IMAGE 9
9. CHAPTER 2. MEETING THE BUDDHA: TEMPLE, IMAGE, AND RELIC 31
10. CHAPTER 3. CONSTRUCTING A BUDDHA IMAGE 46
11. PART II
12. CHAPTER 4. THE RITUAL: OPENING THE EYES OF THE BUDDHA 77
13. CHAPTER 5. INSTRUCTING THE IMAGE 122
14. CHAPTER 6. EMPOWERING THE IMAGE 152
15. PART III
16. CHAPTER 7. THE BODY OF THE BUDDHA: POPULAR BUDDHISM 175
17. CHAPTER 8. CONSECRATION TRADITIONS IN OTHER BUDDHIST CULTURES: REASSESSING THE BUDDHABHISEKA 211
18. EPILOGUE: IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA, KILL HIM! 235
19. NOTES 249
20. GLOSSARY OF SELECTED PĀLI AND THAI TERMS 299
21. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 303
22. INDEX 321