This book introduces isang (625-702), a seminal figure in East Asian religion who founded the Korean Hwam school of Buddhism and will be of interest to researchers in a variety of fields, such as Religious Studies, Cultural Studies, Media Studies, K...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231194792)
Few of the extant Mongolian Buddhist literary and artistic sources dating from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries have been studied. Art and Imagination sheds light on this unique tradition and on the Buddhist past of Inner Asia i...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231194785)
This book is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary exploration of Mongolian Buddhism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, drawing on previously unexamined writings and artworks to shed new light on the intricate interrelationships that...Loe edasi...
Sari: Korean Classics Library: Philosophy and Religion
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Hawai'i Press, ISBN-13: 9798880701070)
This volume is the first annotated translation in any language of the “Chojang chungga-ui” (The Meaning of the “Middle and Provisional” in the “First Stanza”), a little-known text that yielded considerable influence on early East Asian Buddhism. I...Loe edasi...
Sanskrit hymns of praise (stotra/stuti/stava) have been popular and influential within multiple religious traditions for thousands of years. Sanskrit hymns remain lively, meaningful parts of the religious lives of countless Hi...Loe edasi...
Exploring how notions of solitude in Pali literature are encompassed in various literary forms, such as stock formulae, poetry, narrative, and imagery, this book includes close analysis of some of the most famous Buddhist verses about solitary...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 06-Nov-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Hong Kong University Press, ISBN-13: 9789888900961)
A nuanced reconsideration of the Heart Sutra, one of the most celebrated and widely chanted texts in Mahayana Buddhism. The Heart Sutra, one of the most significant texts in Mahayana Buddhism, has been recited daily by mo...Loe edasi...
