The Land Of Bliss The Paradise Of The Buddha Of Measureless Light
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The Land of Bliss
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 812081813X |
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BUDDHISM
Land of Bliss
Author | : Luis O. Gómez |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:248754934 |
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Vimalakirtinirdesa the Teaching of Vimalakirti
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2022-02-10 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1732220913 |
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An English translation of the Vimalakirtinirdesa from the Sanskrit, long thought lost, with a glossary and index of key terms, an introduction to the translation by Paul Harrison, and extensive endnotes.
Fetishizing Tradition
Author | : Alan Cole |
Publsiher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2015-09-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781438457451 |
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Describes how religious tradition is established as available within a text, free from ritual and observance, in Buddhism and Christianity. This innovative work documents the literary gesture that fetishizes tradition, making long-standing religious traditions appear present and available through the reading experience. Taking as examples Pauls Letter to the Romans, the Gospel of Mark, the S?tra on the Land of Bliss (Sukh?vat?vy?ha), and the Platform S?tra of the Sixth Patriarch (Liuzu tanjing), Alan Cole shows how these texts invite readers into the fantasy that they can leave behind traditions established rites, rituals, sacrifices, institutions, and festivals in order to take up just the text and its narrative as the key to salvation. Ironically, then, ones salvation is determined by how one receives the (new) message of salvation. Crucial to making these more virtual forms of tradition appear plausible is the reconstruction of traditions truth-fathersGod or the Buddha, as the case may beso that they appear to endorse the legitimacy of these new ways of being traditional. Relying on a wide body of critical theory, this book presents an intriguing way to rethink key elements in Christian and Buddhist thought.
The Presence of Light
Author | : Matthew Kapstein |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2004-11-03 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9780226424927 |
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There is perhaps no greater constant in religious intuition and experience than the presence of light. In spiritual traditions East and West, light is not only ubiquitous but something that assumes strikingly similar forms in altogether different historical and cultural settings. This study examines light as an aspect of religiously valued experiences and its entailments for mystical theology, philosophy, politics, and religious art. The essays in this volume make an important contribution to religious studies by proposing that it is misleading to conceive of religious experience in terms of an irreconcilable dichotomy between universality and cultural construction. An esteemed group of contributors, representing the study of Asian and Western religious traditions from a range of disciplinary perspectives, suggests that attention to various forms of divine radiance shows that there is indeed a range of principles that, if not universal, are nevertheless very widely occurring and amenable to fruitful comparative inquiry. What results is a work of enormous scope, demonstrating compelling cross-connections that will be of value to scholars of comparative religions, mysticism, and the relationship between art and the sacred. Contributors: * Catherine B. Asher * Raoul Birnbaum * Sarah Iles Johnston * Matthew T. Kapstein * Andrew Louth * Paul E. Muller-Ortega * Elliot R. Wolfson * Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan * Hossein Ziai
The Rivers of Paradise
Author | : David Noel Freedman,Michael J. McClymond |
Publsiher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 720 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0802829570 |
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A fascinating look at the founders of the world's main religions. The major religious traditions of the world owe their existence to the vision of an ancient founder. This important volume explores the lives of the five founders of major world religions-Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and Muhammad-chronicling what is actually known of these charismatic men and introducing readers to the cultural and religious worlds that heard their messages. Readers in predominantly Christian lands, in addition to learning about the lives of Confucius, Buddha, and Muhammad- whom they might not be familiar with- will also be introduced to modern research now casting fresh light on the careers of Moses and Jesus. Whether studied individually or in comparison with one another, these biographies, together with a chapter on the characteristics of religious leadership, chart the spiritual rivers that continue to feed the diversity of religious expression today.
Living Buddhist Statues in Early Medieval and Modern Japan
Author | : S. Horton |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2007-10-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780230607149 |
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A study of the surprising functions of Buddhist statues, which helped disseminate Buddhist beliefs among the populace in Tenth- and Eleventh-century Japan. Using ethnographic data drawn from present-day fieldwork and marshalling ancient textual evidence, Horton reveals the historical origins and development of modern Japanese beliefs and practices.
New Light on Manichaeism
Author | : Jason BeDuhn |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2009-03-16 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9789047426325 |
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Offers the latest discoveries and insights into the Manichaean religion from leading scholars in the field, including new reconstructions of literary and artistic sources and analyses of the religion's origins and development across North Africa and West, Central, and East Asia.