David Germano is Associate Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Virginia. He is the coeditor (with Helmut Eimer) of The Many Canons of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder and director of the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library.

Kevin Tainoris is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Vermont.

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: Beyond Superstition	1
Buddhist Relics in Comparative Perspective: Beyond the Parallels	27
Living Relics of the Buddha(s) in Tibet	51
Buddhist Relics and Japanese Regalia	93
The Field of the Buddha's Presence	117
Signs of the Buddha in Northern Thai Chronicles	145
On the Allure of Buddhist Relics	163
Contributors	193
Index	195