General Eastern Religions category: 553 books
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Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
The stereotype of Zen Buddhism as a minimalistic or even immaterial meditative tradition persists in the Euro-American cultural imagination. This volume calls attention to the vast range of "stuff" in Zen by highlighting the material abundance and iconic range of the Soto, Rinzai, and Obaku sects...
by Carl Olson
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2009
In the early 21st century, Buddhism has become ubiquitous in America and other western nations, moving beyond the original bodhi tree in India to become a major global religion. During its journey westward, it has changed, adapted to new cultures, and offered spiritual help to many people looking...
Seeing the Sacred in Samsara
An Illustrated Guide to the Eighty-Four Mahasiddhas
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019
Rare paintings set aside life stories of each of the eighty-four wild Buddhist saints of ancient India.
This exquisite full-color presentation of the lives of the eighty-four mahāsiddhas, or “great accomplished ones,” offers a fresh glimpse into the world of the famous tantric yogis of...
Goddesses of Kathmandu Valley
Grace, Rage, Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
In South Asia goddesses are conceptualized and worshipped in a fascinatingrange of forms – from cosmic beings to bacterial manifestations, from human-like appearances to creatures with animal and insect semblances. This book maps the diverse identities of goddesses through metaphors of Grace, Rage...
by Marlin Whitmore
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Yoga refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines that originated in India. The word is associated with meditative practices in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Major branches of yoga in Hindu philosophy include Raja Yoga (Patanjali, meditation and positive thinking), Karma Yoga (do good),...
Imagining Hinduism
A Postcolonial Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2004
Imagining Hinduism examines how Hinduism has been defined, interpreted and manufactured through Western categorizations, from the foreign interventions of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Orientalists and missionaries, to the present day. Sugirtharajah argues that ever since early Orientalists 'discovered'...
Zen Master Raven
The Teachings of a Wise Old Bird
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
A uniquely playful and incisive collection of Zen teaching stories from a beloved American master.
A Modern Classic. In the tradition of the great koan collections and the records of ancient masters, Robert Aitken distills a lifetime of teaching down to its essence. Intriguing and deceptively...
Catholicism and Buddhism
The Contrasting Lives and Teachings of Jesus and Buddha
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
The recent tide of books comparing Christianity and Buddhism has centered mostly on similarities. The Dalai Lama, for example, provided his opinions on Christianity in a popular book, The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus (1996). Other writers have equally sought to describe...
Image Problems
The Origin and Development of the Buddha's Image in Early South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
This deft and lively study by Robert DeCaroli explores the questions of how and why the earliest verifiable images of the historical Buddha were created. In so doing, DeCaroli steps away from old questions of where and when to present the history of Buddhism�s relationship with figural art as an...
The Saint in the Banyan Tree
Christianity and Caste Society in India
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
The Saint in the Banyan Tree is a nuanced and historically persuasive exploration of Christianity’s remarkable trajectory as a social and cultural force in southern India. Starting in the seventeenth century, when the religion was integrated into Tamil institutions of caste and popular religiosity,...
Otafuku
Joy of Japan
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2005
With dozens of color photographs and fun, informative text, this guide to Japanese otafuku is a delight for collectors or Japanese culture enthusiasts.
Anywhere you go in Japan you are likely to encounter the plump, smiling image of Otafuku. Author Amy Sylvester Katoh traces the roots and folk...
Buddha Laughing
A Tricycle Book of Cartoons
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
These eighty-five cartoons provide a hilarious perspective on everything from reincarnation to mindful--or perhaps mindless--ness. Over the centuries, Buddhism has offered the world a clear-eyed, down-to-earth approach to life and death. This irresistible little book of teachings is no exception....
Language of Images
Visualization and Meaning in Tantras
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
While Indian visual culture and Tantric images have drawn wide attention, the culture of images, particularly that of the divine images, is broadly misunderstood. This book is the first to systematically address the hermeneutic and philosophical aspects of visualizing images in Tantric practices....
De meesters van het Verre Oosten
leven en leer
Language: Dutch
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Tijdens een expeditie in de Himalaya, eind 19e eeuw, ontmoeten de schrijver en zijn metgezellen de 'Meesters van het Himalaya-gebergte', zij maken de expeditieleden deelgenoot van hun bijzondere ervaringen en vermogens. Zij nemen aan dat Boeddha de weg naar het Licht wijst, maar ze stellen onomwonden...