Dialogue is a recurring and significant component of Indian religious and philosophical literature. This book undertakes a close textual analysis of a range of religious and philosophical literature to highlight the many uses and functions of dialog...Loe edasi...
Using a commentary on the influential text, the Mañjur-nmasagti, The Chanting of the Names of Mañjur, this book deals with Buddhist tantric meditation practice and its doctrinal context in early-medieval India. The commentary was written by the 8th-...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Mar-2019, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781315102504)
This book examines culture, religion and polity in the context of Buddhism. It offers a restorative interpretation of Buddhist myths and deals with oral traditions and stories, the religious pantheon, philosophy, emotions, reform movements, identity...Loe edasi...
The influence of Buddhism on the Chinese language, on Chinese literature and on Chinese culture in general cannot be overstated, and the language of most Chinese Buddhist texts differs considerably from both classical and modern Chinese....Loe edasi...
The volume is divided into four sections: The position of the Buddhist Tantras within Mahayana.; the foundations of the Buddhist Tantras; the Tantric teachings of the inner Zodiac and research containing an analysis of the Tantric section of the Kan...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 06-Dec-2012, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199860265)
Edited by Vanessa R. Sasson, Little Buddhas brings together a wide range of scholarship and expertise to address the question of what role children have played in Buddhist literature, in particular historical contexts, and their role in specific Bud...Loe edasi...
A study that provides an overall interpretation of the Buddhist monument Borobudur in Indonesia. It helps to understand the significance of the Borobudur for the field of Buddhist and Religious Studies....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Feb-2011, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198068679)
The Buddha and his Dhamma presents B.R. Ambedkars review and analysis of the vast Buddhist canon and literature. This is the first critical edition of the book published posthumously in 1957. Besides a new Introduction, it includes footnotes and a...Loe edasi...
This study, originally published in 1959, traces the origin of Buddhism in Brahmanism, and fixes its relationship to Hinduism, describing and stressing the basic importance of Buddhist contemplation. The first half of the book introduces the very he...Loe edasi...
This book examines mindfulness in early Buddhism, and explores its central role in early Buddhist practice and philosophy. Using textual analysis and criticism, it takes new approaches to the subject through a comparative study of Buddhist texts in...Loe edasi...
Pali is one of the Middle Indian idioms and the classical language of Theravada Buddhism - and thus important both to linguists and scholars of Buddhism. The original texts collected here are selected for their important and beautiful formulation of...Loe edasi...
