The volume investigates the historic accounts of the religious contestations over the status of the Mahbodhi Temple complex in Bodhgay (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) & argues that sacredness goes beyond scriptural texts & archaeological remains. * T...Loe edasi...
D?ph?, or d?ph? bhajan, is a genre of Hindu-Buddhist devotional singing, performed by male, non-professional musicians of the farmer and other castes belonging to the Newar ethnic group, in the towns and villages of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Rich...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Apr-2013, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199929177)
People Trees is about religious conceptions of trees within the cultural world of tree worship at the tree shrines of northern India. Sacred trees have been worshipped for millennia in India and today tree worship continues there among all segments...Loe edasi...
Bodh Gaya in the North Indian state of Bihar has long been recognized as the place where the Buddha achieved enlightenment. This book brings together the recent work of twelve scholars from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, art history, histo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Jan-2012, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199778102)
Fourteenth-century Japan witnessed a conflict about the nature of power that was expressed through the rituals and institutions of two rival courts. Ultimately, political authority came to be asserted through the language of esoteric Buddhist ritual...Loe edasi...
This book draws on eye witness reports of Buddhism on the ground as well as providing a reflective context within which practices and rituals can be understood and appreciated....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Oct-2011, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199793822)
Knowing Body, Moving Mind explores ritualizing and learning in meditation classes at two Buddhist centers in Toronto. Based on interviews with students and teachers, it explores the ways formal Buddhist practices generate learning; discovering that...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: 09-Apr-2009, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780195371932)
This book discusses the surprising story of how Asian immigrants, convert Buddhists, pro-life and pro-choice activists, and ordinary women have imported Japanese rituals in order to deal with one of the most divisive public issues in American societ...Loe edasi...
