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Article: Stephen F. Teiser. Reinventing the Wheel: Paintings of Rebirth in Medieval Buddhist Temples.(Book review)
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- China Review International
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- September 22, 2007
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Stephen F. Teiser. Reinventing the Wheel: Paintings of Rebirth in Medieval Buddhist Temples. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007. 336 pp.; 88 illustrations, 14 in color; 7 tables; glossary. Hardcover $60.00, ISBN 0-295-98649-2.
In his most recent book, Reinventing the Wheel, Stephen Teiser investigates the "wheel of rebirth" (Sanskrit: samsaracakra, Chinese: shengsi lun [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]), which presents in visual form the Buddhist notion of the cyclical nature of life and death. Several differing versions of the wheel are closely examined in their literary and ritual contexts. Early literary sources concerning the wheel are scattered ...