The Lotus & the Lion
Author | : Richard Maxwell Eaton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Deccan (India) |
ISBN | : 9789355725776 |
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Author | : Richard Maxwell Eaton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Deccan (India) |
ISBN | : 9789355725776 |
Author | : J. Jeffrey Franklin |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2011-03-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0801457351 |
Buddhism is indisputably gaining prominence in the West, as is evidenced by the growth of Buddhist practice within many traditions and keen interest in meditation and mindfulness. In The Lotus and the Lion, J. Jeffrey Franklin traces the historical and cultural origins of Western Buddhism, showing that the British Empire was a primary engine for curiosity about and then engagement with the Buddhisms that the British encountered in India and elsewhere in Asia. As a result, Victorian and Edwardian England witnessed the emergence of comparative religious scholarship with a focus on Buddhism, the appearance of Buddhist characters and concepts in literary works, the publication of hundreds of articles on Buddhism in popular and intellectual periodicals, and the dawning of syncretic religions that incorporated elements derived from Buddhism. In this fascinating book, Franklin analyzes responses to and constructions of Buddhism by popular novelists and poets, early scholars of religion, inventors of new religions, social theorists and philosophers, and a host of social and religious commentators. Examining the work of figures ranging from Rudyard Kipling and D. H. Lawrence to H. P. Blavatsky, Thomas Henry Huxley, and F. Max Müller, Franklin provides insight into cultural upheavals that continue to reverberate into our own time. Those include the violent intermixing of cultures brought about by imperialism and colonial occupation, the trauma and self-reflection that occur when a Christian culture comes face-to-face with another religion, and the debate between spiritualism and materialism. The Lotus and the Lion demonstrates that the nineteenth-century encounter with Buddhism subtly but profoundly changed Western civilization forever.
Author | : Sue Morgan |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2010-06-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1136972331 |
This volume is the first comprehensive overview of women, gender and religious change in modern Britain spanning from the evangelical revival of the early 1800s to interwar debates over women’s roles and ministry. This collection of pieces by key scholars combines cross-disciplinary insights from history, gender studies, theology, literature, religious studies, sexuality and postcolonial studies. The book takes a thematic approach, providing students and scholars with a clear and comparative examination of ten significant areas of cultural activity that both shaped, and were shaped by women’s religious beliefs and practices: family life, literary and theological discourses, philanthropic networks, sisterhoods and deaconess institutions, revivals and preaching ministry, missionary organisations, national and transnational political reform networks, sexual ideas and practices, feminist communities, and alternative spiritual traditions. Together, the volume challenges widely-held truisms about the increasingly private and domesticated nature of faith, the feminisation of religion and the relationship between secularisation and modern life. Including case studies, further reading lists, and a survey of the existing scholarship, and with a British rather than Anglo-centric approach, this is an ideal book for anyone interested in women's religious experiences across the nineteeth and twentieth centuries.
Author | : William Henry Goodyear |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Art, Prehistoric |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alexander Studholme |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2002-08-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780791453896 |
Sets out a history of the famous Buddhist mantra, Om Manipadme Hum, and offers new insights on its meaning.
Author | : Mark Griffiths |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2010-07-06 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0312641486 |
A story of one of the world's most iconic flowers documents the author's research into the lotus's ancient origins and historical significance in various world regions, tracking its medicinal uses, inspiration in art and role as a spiritual symbol
Author | : Daniel D'Appollo |
Publisher | : drew dally Publishers |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2023-12-10 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
Do you need more time for yourself? Do you want to get your mind off things? Do you long for more happiness and contentment? Then this is the book for you! It contains 52 stories that will change your life and your way of thinking. Each story is carefully selected to explain important Buddhist wisdom and thought processes. They deal with universal themes such as gratitude, mindfulness, self-love, and happiness. The stories convey valuable life lessons that will enrich your life. After each story, a reference to the present time is made. It also tells what you can learn from the story for your own life. Especially in today's world full of stress and distractions, the teachings of Buddhism are a true blessing. They give us new food for thought and show us what really matters in life. This book invites you to reflect and find yourself. It shows you new ways of thinking that have incredible potential. You do NOT need to have any prior knowledge of Buddhism. These are timeless life lessons that are valuable and helpful to everyone (regardless of age or religion). Buy this book if you.... want to stop negative thoughts want to become happier and more content need new ideas and food for thought want to reduce stress want to find inner peace Order the book now and start the most important journey in life: The journey to yourself.
Author | : Yeshe Tsogyal |
Publisher | : Rangjung Yeshe Publications |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9789627341550 |
The Lotus-Born is the amazing story of the mystic, master scholar, and outrageous yogi Padmasambhava, who grew up an adopted prince, was banished, and burned at the stake in a neighboring kingdom, yet continued, miraculously unscathed, to live more than 500 years. His dramatic, illuminating story is available for the first time in English in this translation of Princess Yeshe Tsogyal's ninth-century biography of Padmasambhava. A master whose insights filigree this book, Padmasambhava is considered second in importance only to the Buddha in the Tibetan spiritual tradition.