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Book 1892 1992 Centenary Issue of the Maha Bodhi Journal

Download or read book 1892 1992 Centenary Issue of the Maha Bodhi Journal written by Maha Bodhi Society of India and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Maha Bodhi

Download or read book The Maha Bodhi written by Anagarika Dharmapala and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Buddha Gaya Through the Ages

Download or read book Buddha Gaya Through the Ages written by D. C. Ahir and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Maha Bodhi Centenary Volume

Download or read book The Maha Bodhi Centenary Volume written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Indian Books in Print

Download or read book Indian Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Theravada Buddhism in Colonial Contexts

Download or read book Theravada Buddhism in Colonial Contexts written by Thomas Borchert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of the nineteenth century, most of the Theravada world of Southeast Asia came under the colonial domination of European powers. While this has long been seen as a central event in the development of modern forms of Theravada Buddhism, most discussions have focused on specific Buddhist communities or nations, and particularly their resistance to colonialism. The chapters in this book examine the many different colonial contexts and regimes that Theravada Buddhists experienced, not just those of European powers such as the British, French, but also the internal colonialism of China and Thailand. They show that while many Buddhists resisted colonialism, other Buddhists shared agendas with colonial powers, such as for the reform of the monastic community. They also show that in some places, such as Singapore and Malaysia, colonialism enabled the creation of Theravada Buddhist communities. The book demonstrates the importance of thinking about colonialism both locally and regionally. Providing a new understanding of the breadth of experiences of Theravada and colonialism across Asia., this book will be of interest to scholars in the field of Buddhist Studies, Asian History, Comparative World History, Southeast Asian Studies and Religious Studies.

Book Religion Index Two

Download or read book Religion Index Two written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Buddhists in India Today

Download or read book Buddhists in India Today written by Detlef Kantowsky and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detlef Kantowsky'S Buddhisten In Indien Heute (1999) Brought To A German Audience New Material, Including Many Photographs And Documents. On Six Facets Of Buddhists' Life In India Today. This English Translation By Hans-Georg Tuerstig Will Bring Kantowsky;S Innovative Study To An Even Wider Audience.

Book A Panorama of Indian Buddhism

Download or read book A Panorama of Indian Buddhism written by D. C. Ahir and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Buddhist and the Theosophical Movements  1873 1992

Download or read book The Buddhist and the Theosophical Movements 1873 1992 written by C. V. Agarwal and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Middle Land  Middle Way

Download or read book Middle Land Middle Way written by Shravasti Dhammika and published by Buddhist Publication Society. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guidebook to the places in India made sacred by the Buddha’s presence. Beginning with an inspiring account of Buddhist pilgrimage, the author then covers sixteen places in detail. With maps and colour photos, an essential companion for pilgrim and traveler.

Book Maha Bodhi and the United Buddhist World

Download or read book Maha Bodhi and the United Buddhist World written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mists of R  ma    a

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  • Author : Michael A. Aung-Thwin
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2017-04-01
  • ISBN : 0824874412
  • Pages : 448 pages

Download or read book The Mists of R ma a written by Michael A. Aung-Thwin and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars have long accepted the belief that a Theravada Buddhist Mon kingdom, Rāmaññadesa, flourished in coastal Lower Burma until it was conquered in 1057 by King Aniruddha of Pagan—which then became, in essence, the new custodian and repository of Mon culture in the Upper Burmese interior. This scenario, which Aung-Thwin calls the "Mon Paradigm," has circumscribed much of the scholarship on early Burma and significantly shaped the history of Southeast Asia for more than a century. Now, in a masterful reassessment of Burmese history, Michael Aung-Thwin reexamines the original contemporary accounts and sources without finding any evidence of an early Theravada Mon polity or a conquest by Aniruddha. The paradigm, he finds, cannot be sustained. How, when, and why did the Mon Paradigm emerge? Aung-Thwin meticulously traces the paradigm's creation to the merging of two temporally, causally, and contextually unrelated Mon and Burmese narratives, which were later synthesized in English by colonial officials and scholars. Thus there was no single originating source, only a late and mistaken conflation of sources. The conceptual, methodological, and empirical ramifications of these findings are significant. The prevalent view that state-formation began in the maritime regions of Southeast Asia with trade and commerce rather than in the interior with agriculture must now be reassessed. In addition, a more rigorous look at the actual scope and impact of a romanticized Mon culture in the region is required. Other issues important to the field of early Burma and Southeast Asian studies, including the process of "Indianization," the characterization of "classical" states, and the advent and spread of Theravada Buddhism, are also directly affected by Aung-Thwin’s work. Finally, it provides a geo-political, cultural, and economic alternative to what has become an ethnic interpretation of Burma’s history. An electronic version of this book is freely available thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched, a collaborative initiative designed to make high-quality books open access for the public good. The open-access version of this book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which means that the work may be freely downloaded and shared for non-commercial purposes, provided credit is given to the author. Derivative works and commercial uses require permission from the publisher.

Book Architects of Buddhist Leisure

Download or read book Architects of Buddhist Leisure written by Justin Thomas McDaniel and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Creative religious improvisations designed by Buddhists have been produced both within and outside of monasteries across the region—in Nepal, Japan, Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia’s culture of Buddhist leisure—what he calls “socially disengaged Buddhism”—through a study of architects responsible for monuments, museums, amusement parks, and other sites. In conversation with noted theorists of material and visual culture and anthropologists of art, McDaniel argues that such sites highlight the importance of public, leisure, and spectacle culture from a Buddhist perspective and illustrate how “secular” and “religious,” “public” and “private,” are in many ways false binaries. Moreover, places like Lek Wiriyaphan’s Sanctuary of Truth in Thailand, Suối Tiên Amusement Park in Saigon, and Shi Fa Zhao’s multilevel museum/ritual space/tea house in Singapore reflect a growing Buddhist ecumenism built through repetitive affective encounters instead of didactic sermons and sectarian developments. They present different Buddhist traditions, images, and aesthetic expressions as united but not uniform, collected but not concise: Together they form a gathering, not a movement. Despite the ingenuity of lay and ordained visionaries like Wiriyaphan and Zhao and their colleagues Kenzo Tange, Chan-soo Park, Tadao Ando, and others discussed in this book, creators of Buddhist leisure sites often face problems along the way. Parks and museums are complex adaptive systems that are changed and influenced by budgets, available materials, local and global economic conditions, and visitors. Architects must often compromise and settle at local optima, and no matter what they intend, their buildings will develop lives of their own. Provocative and theoretically innovative, Architects of Buddhist Leisure asks readers to question the very category of “religious” architecture. It challenges current methodological approaches in religious studies and speaks to a broad audience interested in modern art, architecture, religion, anthropology, and material culture.

Book Journal of the Asiatic Society

Download or read book Journal of the Asiatic Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Analysis of the Pali Canon

Download or read book An Analysis of the Pali Canon written by Russell Webb and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journal of the Oriental Institute

Download or read book Journal of the Oriental Institute written by Oriental Institute (Vadodara, India) and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: