Download or read book Worshiping Siva and Buddha written by Ann R. Kinney and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Temple Art of East Java, a study of the temples created in East Java between the tenth and sixteenth centuries, fills an important scholarly lacuna. The arts of Central Java, home of the great Buddhist monument, Borobudur, and Hindu Prambanan, have been given thorough scholarly attention. The architectural and sculptural treasures of the East Javanese kingdoms of Kadiri, Singasari, and Majapahit, are little known in comparison, yet beautiful and significant in Indonesian history. The author presents the major sites of these three historical periods, and discusses their architecture and sculpture. The many narrative reliefs illustrating sacred and secular literature have been painstakingly identified. The reader is thus able to follow their stories and understand where, why, and how they fit into the visual program planned for each temple and their relation to historical events and the wayang theater. These descriptions are augmented by extensive site summaries. Superb color photography supports the text throughout and is a major contribution in itself. The book contains a wealth of information that is not available all together in any other publication. Not only are the descriptions of the monuments valuable but the author identifies numerous sculptures in collections around the world that were once associated with the East Javanese temples discussed. The attempted reconstruction of sculptural programs at the sites is extremely important. To understand an ancient Javanese stone sculpture, knowledge of its original cultural context is required rather than its current location on a stand in some museum. Today, with the number of fakes appearing on the art market, such associations are invaluable for dating and authenticating stone sculpture said to come from unidentified East Javanese sites. The Temple Art of East Java is a welcome and significant addition not only to Javanese studies but also to architecture, art history, comparative religion, Buddhist, Hindu, and Southeast Asian studies generally.
Download or read book Buddha and Shiva Lotus and Dragon written by Adriana Proser and published by Hirmer Verlag GmbH. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon presents sixty-seven masterpieces from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society, one of the most importrant collections of Asian art in America. In this beautifully illustrated volume, written by Adriana Proser, Asia Society Museum's John H. Foster Senior Curator of Traditional Asian Art, stunning artworks from across the continent testify to the diversity and ingenuity of Asian artistic cultures and art's capacity to encourage cross-cultural exchange.
Download or read book Living with Siva Pocketbook written by and published by Himalayan Academy Publications. This book was released on with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Siva Buddha written by Sister Nivedita and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cannabis in Spiritual Practice written by Will Johnson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the use of cannabis as a sacrament in spiritual practice • Provides instructions for using marijuana for the spiritual practices of spontaneous movement, ecstatic dance, sitting meditation, and gazing meditation, allowing you to open the body’s energies more fully and get closer to the Divine or your higher self • Includes a new translation of the Five Moral Precepts of Buddhism, adapted to include energetic practices and the judicious use of entheogenic substances as a legitimate support for spiritual growth • Includes access to 9 audio meditations With the end of marijuana prohibition on the horizon, people are now openly seeking a spiritual path that embraces the benefits of cannabis. Drawing upon his decades of experience as a teacher of Buddhism, breathing, yoga, and embodied spirituality, Will Johnson examines Eastern spiritual perspectives on marijuana and offers specific guidelines and exercises for integrating cannabis into spiritual practice. The author explains how the great Hindu god Shiva enjoyed consuming bhang, a marijuana mixture that would cause his body to make spontaneous movements. From these cannabis-inspired movements, Shiva brought the body-focused practices of dance and yoga to the world. Examining the spiritual path of Shiva, including the Sadhu tradition, Johnson provides specific instructions and protocols for using marijuana as a sacrament as Shiva did. He explores how to embrace cannabis for the practices of spontaneous movement, ecstatic dance, sitting meditation, and gazing meditation. He reveals how the ecstatic surrender to the feeling energies of the body in these practices is enhanced through the ingestion of Shiva’s herb, allowing you to open the body’s energies more fully and get closer to the Divine or your higher self. Exploring the Buddhist practices of calming the mind and grounding yourself in sensory awareness, Johnson shows that, while traditional Buddhist teachings forbid the use of intoxicating substances, Buddhists who use cannabis are not committing a cardinal sin--in following our dharma, we must embrace what best supports our spiritual practice. He concludes with a new translation of the Five Moral Precepts of Buddhism--what he calls the Five Precepts of Embodied Responsibility--adapted to include energetic practices using breath, interaction with the energies of nature, sacred sex, and the judicious use of entheogenic substances, such as cannabis, as legitimate support for spiritual growth.
Download or read book Mudr s written by Tyra af Kleen and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Siva and Buddha written by Sister Nivedita and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Siva and Buddha in the East Indian Archipelago 1926 written by and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dance of iva written by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dance of Siva Fourteen India Essays written by Ananda Coomaraswamy and published by READ BOOKS. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Download or read book A Social History of India written by S. N. Sadasivan and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Evolution of the Siva Buddha Cult in Java written by Himansu Bhusan Sarkar and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ubiquitous Siva written by John Nemec and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-22 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Nemec examines the beginnings of the non-dual tantric philosophy of the famed Pratyabhijña or "Recognition [of God]" School of tenth-century Kashmir, the tradition most closely associated with Kashmiri Shaivism. In doing so it offers, for the very first time, a critical edition and annotated translation of a large portion of the first Pratyabhijña text ever composed, the Sivadrsti of Somananda. In an extended introduction, Nemec argues that the author presents a unique form of non-dualism, a strict pantheism that declares all beings and entities found in the universe to be fully identical with the active and willful god Siva. This view stands in contrast to the philosophically more flexible panentheism of both his disciple and commentator, Utpaladeva, and the very few other Saiva tantric works that were extant in the author's day. Nemec also argues that the text was written for the author's fellow tantric initiates, not for a wider audience. This can be adduced from the structure of the work, the opponents the author addresses, and various other editorial strategies. Even the author's famous and vociferous arguments against the non-tantric Hindu grammarians may be shown to have been ultimately directed at an opposing Hindu tantric school that subscribed to many of the grammarians' philosophical views. Included in the volume is a critical edition and annotated translation of the first three (of seven) chapters of the text, along with the corresponding chapters of the commentary. These are the chapters in which Somananda formulates his arguments against opposing tantric authors and schools of thought. None of the materials made available in the present volume has ever been translated into English, apart from a brief rendering of the first chapter that was published without the commentary in 1957. None of the commentary has previously been translated into any language at all.
Download or read book The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society Second Series written by W. S. W. Vaux and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.
Download or read book The Numismatic Chronicle written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original.
Download or read book Bodh Gaya Shiva Buddha written by Sachindra Narayan and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical, sociological, and anthropological aspects of a pilgrimage center in Bihar.
Download or read book A Critical Reading of the Development of Raimon Panikkar s Thought on the Trinity written by Camilia Gangasingh MacPherson and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1996 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the Trinitarian thought of Raimon Panikkar in his attempt to bridge the gap between Christianity and the world religions. The viewpoints of the early and later Panikkar show continuity and shifts in his Trinitarian theology. The early Panikkar provides a Trinitarian theology and reaches the heart of the world religions, especially the Advaita Vedanta experience in Hinduism and the Nirvana experience of Buddhism. The later Panikkar, still using many of the probing concepts of his earlier thought, departs significantly from traditional Christian theology. His thoughts still continue the attempt at bridge-building between Christianity on the one hand and the world religions, and even the secular world, on the other. Although several dimensions of Panikkar's Trinitarian theology are open to severe criticism, nevertheless, it serves as an effective tool for furthering awareness of and dialogue between the world religions.
