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| Author | : Ashin Sumanacara |
| Publisher | : Subhashita Books |
| Total Pages | : 280 |
| Release | : 2024-06-11 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1778201644 |
Discover the Timeless Tale of Prince Vessantara Immerse yourself in "The Tale of Prince Vessantara," a Jataka story that has captivated generations across Southeast Asia. This vivid novelization, enriched with 13 stunning illustrations, brings to life the world's oldest and most celebrated Jataka tale. Follow the remarkable journey of Prince Vessantara, whose unwavering generosity and selflessness will inspire you to reflect on the true meaning of compassion and love. Born into a life of luxury and abundance in the royal family of the Kingdom of Sivi, Prince Vessantara's world is turned upside down when he gifts his prized white elephant to a neighboring kingdom suffering from drought, leading to his banishment. Accompanied by his devoted wife and children, he embarks on a harrowing adventure that will test the limits of his strength and selflessness. As the story unfolds, you'll be gripped by the intriguing twists and turns that challenge Vessantara in unimaginable ways. Will he have the courage to endure when a cunning Brahmin Jujaka demands his children as slaves? Can he maintain his unwavering compassion and generous heart when a god, disguised as Jujaka, shockingly requests his wife? This timeless tale of love, sacrifice, and selflessness will captivate you from the very first page. Prepare to be transported to a world of heart-warming kindness and profound revelations as Vessantara's extraordinary journey unfolds before your eyes. Experience the power of this ancient story and discover why "The Tale of Prince Vessantara" is a must-read for any lover of compelling literature.
| Author | : Steven Collins |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 293 |
| Release | : 2016-03-29 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0231541007 |
The Vessantara Jataka tells the story of Prince Vessantara, who attained the Perfection of Generosity by giving away his fortune, his children, and his wife. Vessantara was the penultimate rebirth as a human of the future Gotama Buddha, and his extreme charity has been represented and reinterpreted in texts, sermons, rituals, and art throughout South and Southeast Asia and beyond. This anthology features well-respected anthropologists, textual scholars in religious and Buddhist studies, and art historians, who engage in sophisticated readings of the text and its ethics of giving, understanding of attachment and nonattachment, depiction of the trickster, and unique performative qualities. They reveal the story to be as brilliantly layered as a Homeric epic or Shakespearean play, with aspects of tragedy, comedy, melodrama, and utopian fantasy intertwined to problematize and scrutinize Theravada Buddhism's cherished virtues.
| Author | : Patrick Jory |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2016-05-09 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1438460902 |
2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Since the 2006 coup d'état, Thailand has been riven by two opposing political visions: one which aspires to a modern democracy and the rule of law, and another which holds to the traditional conception of a kingdom ruled by an exemplary Buddhist monarch. Thailand has one of the world's largest populations of observant Buddhists and one of its last politically active monarchies. This book examines the Theravada Buddhist foundations of Thailand's longstanding institution of monarchy. Patrick Jory states that the storehouse of monarchical ideology is to be found in the popular literary genre known as the Jātakas, tales of the Buddha's past lives. The best-known of these, the Vessantara Jātaka, disseminated an ideal of an infinitely generous prince as a bodhisatta or future Buddha—an ideal which remains influential in Thailand today. Using primary and secondary source materials largely unknown in Western scholarship, Jory traces the history of the Vessantara Jātaka and its political-cultural importance from the ancient to the modern period. Although pressures from European colonial powers and Buddhist reformers led eventually to a revised political conception of the monarchy, the older Buddhist ideal of kingship has yet endured.
| Author | : Sid Brown |
| Publisher | : SUNY Press |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2001-09-27 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780791450956 |
Recounts the struggles of a young Thai woman to become a Buddhist nun and the challenges and rewards of that life.
| Author | : Xiao Li |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2020-09-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9811576025 |
This book presents outstanding articles addressing various aspects related to the ancient Silk Road, in particular the cultural, political, and economic interactions that took place among the civilizations and cultures on the Eurasian continent. In addition, the articles help to reveal the hallmark features of cultural communication in Inner Asia in different historical periods. The book develops a new approach to studying the civilizations of the Silk Road, promotes interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional research, sets a new direction for Chinese ancient classics and western sinology, and presents the latest discoveries, including both archaeological finds and historical documents.
| Author | : Rachelle M. Scott |
| Publisher | : SUNY Press |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2009-09-17 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781438427843 |
Explores the relationship between material prosperity and spirituality in contemporary Thai Buddhism.
| Author | : Kevin Trainor |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 689 |
| Release | : 2022 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0190632925 |
"This Handbook provides a state-of-the-art exploration of several key dynamics in current studies of the Buddhist tradition with a focus on practice. Embodiment, materiality, emotion, and gender shape the way most Buddhists engage with their traditions, in contrast to popular representations of Buddhism as spiritual, disembodied, and largely devoid of ritual. This volume highlights how practice often represents a fluid, dynamic, and strategic means of defining identity and negotiating the challenges of everyday life. Essays explore the transformational aims of practices that require practitioners to move, gesture, and emote in prescribed ways, including the ways that scholars' own embodied practices are integral to their research methodology. The chapters are written by acknowledged experts in their respective subject areas and taken together offer an overview of current thinking in the field. The volume is of particular value to scholars who seek an orientation to current perspectives on important conceptual, theoretical, and methodological concerns that are shaping the field in areas outside their primary expertise. The inclusion of substantial, up-to-date bibliographies also makes the volume an important guide to current scholarship"--
| Author | : Kory Goldberg |
| Publisher | : Pariyatti |
| Total Pages | : 528 |
| Release | : 2022-12-20 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1681724936 |
Along the Path (3rd Edition) is full of practical and inspiring information for meditators who plan to visit the sacred sites where the Buddha and his disciples lived and taught in India and Nepal. In this unique guidebook, readers will discover a rich anthology of stories relating to each of the sites, as well as helpful maps, creative artwork, and spiritual narratives from experienced travelers. Each site entry includes insider information and tips with detailed descriptions of transportation, accommodation, and local cuisine; suggested excursions and activities in the vicinity; and highlights of established Vipassana meditation centers best suited to accommodate visiting meditators. This third edition has been updated and revised to feature "off the beaten path" pilgrimage sites throughout India, newly constructed Vipassana centres, and additional stories from the Pali canon. Contents include: - Detailed descriptions of each of the sites, including insider information on what to see and tips on transportation, accommodation and local cuisine. - Suggested excursions and activities in the vicinity of both ancient and modern sites. - Highlights established Vipassana meditation centers that are best suited to accommodate visiting meditators. - Includes an in-depth travel section to help meditators prepare for a safe launch from home and cultivate cultural sensibilities. - The essential companion for every meditator visiting India and Nepal.
| Author | : Kory Goldberg |
| Publisher | : Pariyatti |
| Total Pages | : 453 |
| Release | : 2013-12-03 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1938754581 |
Now revised and updated, this unique guidebook provides practical and inspiring information for meditators who plan to visit India and Nepal and the sacred sites where the Buddha lived and taught. The book offers a rich anthology of deeply inspiring stories relating to each of the pilgrimage sites connected to the Buddha's life and teaching. Also includes helpful maps, creative artwork and spirited narratives from experienced travelers. Contents include: • Detailed descriptions of each of the sites, including insider information on what to see and tips on transportation, accommodation and local cuisine. • Suggested excursions and activities in the vicinity of both ancient and modern sites. • Highlights established Vipassana meditation centers that are best suited to accommodate visiting meditators. • Includes an in-depth travel section to help meditators prepare for a safe launch from home and cultivate cultural sensibilities.
| Author | : John S. Strong |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 639 |
| Release | : 2015-07-02 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1780745060 |
Buddhism or Buddhisms? By the time they move on to Buddhism in Japan, many students who have studied its origins in India ask whether this is in fact the same religion, so different can they appear. In Buddhisms: An Introduction, Professor John S. Strong provides an overview of the Buddhist tradition in all its different forms around the world. Beginning at the modern day temples of Lumbini, where the Buddha was born, Strong takes us through the life of the Buddha and a study of Buddhist Doctrine, revealing how Buddhism has changed just as it has stayed the same. Finally, Strong examines the nature of Buddhist community life and its development today in the very different environments of Thailand, Japan, and Tibet. Enriched by the author’s own insights gathered over forty years, Buddhisms never loses sight of the personal experience amidst the wide-scope of its subject. Clear in its explanations, replete with tables and suggestions for further reading, this is an essential new work that makes original contributions to the study of this 2,500 year-old religion.
