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Tantric traditions in both Buddhism and Hinduism are thriving throughout Asia and in Asian diasporic communities around the world, yet they have been largely ignored by Western scholars until now. This collection of original essays fills this gap by examining the ways...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-03-14
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The Mahayana tradition in Buddhist philosophy is defined by its ethical orientation--the adoption of bodhicitta, the aspiration to attain awakening for the benefit of all sentient beings. And indeed, this tradition is known for its literature on ethics, which reflect...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-11-02
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The Records of Mazu and the Making of Classical Chan Literature explores the growth, makeup, and transformation of Chan (Zen) Buddhist literature in late medieval China.The volume analyzes the earliest extant records about the life, teachings, and legacy of Mazu Daoyi...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-08-12
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In this book, Yaroslav Komarovski argues that the Tibetan Buddhist interpretations of the realization of ultimate reality both contribute to and challenge contemporary interpretations of unmediated mystical experience. The model used by the majority of Tibetan Buddhist...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-07-01
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Throughout the past millennium, certain Tibetan Buddhist yogins have taken on profoundly norm-overturning modes of dress and behavior, including draping themselves in human remains, consuming filth, provoking others to violence, and even performing sacrilege. They...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-06-04
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'An invitation to a sane life' Jack KornfieldDo you feel at home? Are you comfortable in your own skin? Do you have a sense of belonging?In this book, senior Buddhist teacher Ethan Nichtern addresses these questions and guides us on the path we all take to find out who...
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Ebury Digital
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2015-04-23
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Madhyamaka and Yogacara are the two principal schools of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. WhileMadhyamaka asserts the ultimate emptiness and conventional reality of all phenomena, Yogacara is usually considered to be idealistic. This collection of essays addresses the...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-04-06
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A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism offers a comprehensive, nuanced, and chronological account of the evolution of Buddhist religion in Japan from the sixth century to the present day. Traces each period of Japanese history to reveal the complex and often...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-03-31
Collection :
Wiley-Blackwell Guides to Buddhism
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Sanskrit Debate: Vasubandhu’s ‘Vimsatika’ versus Kumarila’s ‘Niralambanavada’ illustrates the rules and regulations of classical Indian debate literature (pramanasastra) by introducing new translations of twoSanskrit texts composed in antithesis to each other’s...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2015-03-02
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An Archaeological History of Indian Buddhism is a comprehensive survey of Indian Buddhism from its origins in the 6th century BCE, through its ascendance in the 1st millennium CE, and its eventual decline in mainland South Asia by the mid-2nd millennium CE. Weaving...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-03-02
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'Hate is not conquered by hate: hate is conquered by love. This is a law eternal.'Captivating aphorisms illustrating the Buddhist dhamma, or moral system.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge...
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Penguin
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2015-02-26
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'If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him' Buddha Buddha’s wisdom has been handed down through the centuries, teaching us mindfulness, patience and care. This beautiful little book collects his wisest...
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Summersdale
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2015-02-12
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Dogen and Soto Zen builds upon and further refines a continuing wave of enthusiastic popular interest and scholarly developments in Western appropriations of Zen. In the last few decades, research in English and European languages onDogen and Soto Zen has grown, aided...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-01-29
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At its heart, Buddhism blossoms from one source: the words and life of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. Chad Mercree, a lifetime student of Buddhist philosophy and meditation, reveals in simple language how Buddhism can yield personal growth in the modern world. Because...
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Sterling Ethos
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2015-01-20
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Little Bit Series
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Jeffrey L. Broughton offers an annotated translation of the Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints (Changuan cejin), which he abbreviates to Chan Whip. This anthology, compiled by Yunqi Zhuhong (1535-1615), has served as a Chan handbook...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-10-01
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Buddhism is in many ways a visual tradition, with its well-known practices of visualization, its visual arts, its epistemological writings that discuss the act of seeing, and its literature filled with images and metaphors of light. Some Buddhist traditions are also...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-09-03
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In this wide-ranging exploration of the creation and use of Buddhist art in Andhra Pradesh, India, Catherine Becker examines how material remains and visual experiences shape and reveal essential human concerns.
Shifting Stones, Shaping the Past addresses the...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-09-01
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Thirty years ago, "mindfulness" was a Buddhist principle mostly obscure to the west. Today, it is a popular cure-all for Americans' daily problems. A massive and lucrative industry promotes mindfulness in every aspect of life, however mundane or unlikely: Americans of...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-07-01
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Buddhists: Understanding Buddhism through the Lives of Practitioners provides a series of case studies of Asian and modern Western Buddhists, spanning history, gender, and class, whose lives are representative of the ways in which Buddhists throughout time have embodied...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-04-21
Collection :
Lived Religions
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Why do people join new congregations? How does this happen? And which consequences does this have for people’s belief and behavior? These are the main questions addressed in this comparative case study from the distinctively different contexts of Norway and Thailand....
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-04-14
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