Three Worlds According to King Ruang
Author | : Lithai (King of Sukhothai) |
Publisher | : Asian Humanities Press |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Download Three Worlds According To King Ruang A Thjkai Buddhis full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Three Worlds According To King Ruang A Thjkai Buddhis ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author | : Lithai (King of Sukhothai) |
Publisher | : Asian Humanities Press |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Donald K. Swearer |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1438432526 |
An unparalleled portrait, Donald K. Swearer's Buddhist World of Southeast Asia has been a key source for all those interested in the Theravada homelands since the work's publication in 1995. Expanded and updated, the second edition offers this wide ranging account for readers at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Swearer shows Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia to be a dynamic, complex system of thought and practice embedded in the cultures, societies, and histories of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka. The work focuses on three distinct yet interrelated aspects of this milieu. The first is the popular tradition of life models personified in myths and legends, rites of passage, festival celebrations, and ritual occasions. The second deals with Buddhism and the state, illustrating how King Asoka serves as the paradigmatic Buddhist monarch, discussing the relationship of cosmology and kingship, and detailing the rise of charismatic Buddhist political leaders in the postcolonial period. The third is the modern transformation of Buddhism: the changing roles of monks and laity, modern reform movements, the role of women, and Buddhism in the West.
Author | : Kari Storstein Haug |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2012-03-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004210113 |
This book argues that an approach to Buddhist-Christian dialogue where biblical texts are analyzed by placing Christian and Buddhist perspectives side by side is a method which provides a good platform for further in-depth dialogue.
Author | : George Coedès |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1975-06-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780824803681 |
Traces the story of India's expansion that is woven into the culture of Southeast Asia.
Author | : Whalen Lai |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism was popularized in the West by writers such as D.T. Suzuki and Alan Watts as a kind of romantic abstraction outside of history. The papers in this volume, originally presented as a unique conference sponsored by UC-Berkeley and the San Francisco Zen Center, go a long way towards revealing the complex historical development of Ch'an theory and practice both in China and Tibet. The papers on China reveal Ch'an not as a single line of transmission from Bodhidharma, but as a complex of contending and even hostile factions. Furthermore, the view that sees Ch'an as the sinicization of Buddhism through Taoism is questioned through an examination of the Taoism that was actually prevalent during the establishment of Ch'an in China. The papers on Tibet take us to the heart of the controversies surrounding the origins of Buddhism in that country, based on exciting research into the Tunhuang materials, the indigenous rDzogs-chen system, and the Sudden vs. Gradual Enlightenment controversy. Of particular note in this volume is the inclusion of several translations of papers by noted Japanese scholars who have led the way in this type of research, made available to the Western reader for the first time.
Author | : Michael K. Jerryson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 761 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199362386 |
The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism offers a comprehensive collection of work by leading scholars in the field. They examine the historical development of Buddhist traditions throughout the world, from traditional settings like India, Japan, and Tibet, to the less well known regions of Latin America, Africa, and Oceania.
Author | : D. Christian Lammerts |
Publisher | : Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. |
Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 2016-04-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9814762059 |
The study of historical Buddhism in premodern and early modern Southeast Asia stands at an exciting and transformative juncture. Interdisciplinary scholarship is marked by a commitment to the careful examination of local and vernacular expressions of Buddhist culture as well as to reconsiderations of long-standing questions concerning the diffusion of and relationships among varied texts, forms of representation, and religious identities, ideas, and practices. The twelve essays in this collection, written by leading scholars in Buddhist Studies and Southeast Asian history, epigraphy, and archaeology, comprise the latest research in the field to deal with the dynamics of mainland and (pen)insular Buddhism between the sixth and nineteenth centuries C.E. Drawing on new manuscript sources, inscriptions, and archaeological data, they investigate the intellectual, ritual, institutional, sociopolitical, aesthetic, and literary diversity of local Buddhisms, and explore their connected histories and contributions to the production of intraregional and transregional Buddhist geographies.
Author | : |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2014-08-07 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9004273220 |
Based on pioneering research, this volume on South and Southeast Asia offers a cultural studies' perspective on the vast and largely uncharted domain of how local cultures are coping with climate changes and environmental crises.The primary focus is on three countries that have high emission rates: India, Indonesia, and Thailand. Whereas the dominant discourse on climate largely reflects the view of Western cultures, this volume adds indigenous views and practices that provide insight into Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic responses. Making use of textual materials, fieldwork, and analyses, it highlights the close links between climate solutions, forms of knowledge, and the various socio-cultural and political practices and agencies within societies. The volume demonstrates that climate is global and plural. Contributors are: Monika Arnez, Somnath Batabyal, Joachim Betz, Susan M. Darlington, Dennis Eucker, Rüdiger Haum, Albertina Nugteren, Marcus Nüsser & Ravi Baghel, Martin Seeger, and Janice Stargardt.