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Author : Janice Leoshko
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Bodhgaya, the Site of Enlightenment written by Janice Leoshko and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Geary
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295742380
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (957 download)
Download or read book The Rebirth of Bodh Gaya written by David Geary and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multilayered historical ethnography of Bodh Gaya — the place of Buddha’s enlightenment in the north Indian state of Bihar — explores the spatial politics surrounding the transformation of the Mahabodhi Temple Complex into a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2002. The rapid change from a small town based on an agricultural economy to an international destination that attracts hundreds of thousands of Buddhist pilgrims and visitors each year has given rise to a series of conflicts that foreground the politics of space and meaning among Bodh Gaya’s diverse constituencies. David Geary examines the modern revival of Buddhism in India, the colonial and postcolonial dynamics surrounding archaeological heritage and sacred space, and the role of tourism and urban development in India.
Author : David Geary
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415684528
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)
Download or read book Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on a Contested Buddhist Site written by David Geary and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bodh Gaya in the North Indian state of Bihar has long been recognized as the place where the Buddha achieved enlightenment. This book brings together the recent work of twelve scholars from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, art history, history, and religion - to highlight their various findings and perspectives on different facets of Bodh Gaya's past and present. Through an engaging and critical overview of the place of Buddha's enlightenment, the book discusses the dynamic and contested nature of this site, and looks at the tensions with the on-going efforts to define the place according to particular histories or identities. It addresses many aspects of Bodh Gaya, from speculation about why the Buddha chose to sit beneath a tree in Bodh Gaya, to the contemporary struggles over tourism development, education and non-government organizations, to bring to the foreground the site's longevity, reinvention and current complexity as a UNESCO World Heritage monument. The book is a useful contribution for students and scholars of Buddhism and South Asian Studies.
Author : Scott Carney
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 069818629X
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)
Download or read book A Death on Diamond Mountain written by Scott Carney and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigative reporter explores an infamous case where an obsessive and unorthodox search for enlightenment went terribly wrong. When thirty-eight-year-old Ian Thorson died from dehydration and dysentery on a remote Arizona mountaintop in 2012, The New York Times reported the story under the headline: "Mysterious Buddhist Retreat in the Desert Ends in a Grisly Death." Scott Carney, a journalist and anthropologist who lived in India for six years, was struck by how Thorson’s death echoed other incidents that reflected the little-talked-about connection between intensive meditation and mental instability. Using these tragedies as a springboard, Carney explores how those who go to extremes to achieve divine revelations—and undertake it in illusory ways—can tangle with madness. He also delves into the unorthodox interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism that attracted Thorson and the bizarre teachings of its chief evangelists: Thorson’s wife, Lama Christie McNally, and her previous husband, Geshe Michael Roach, the supreme spiritual leader of Diamond Mountain University, where Thorson died. Carney unravels how the cultlike practices of McNally and Roach and the questionable circumstances surrounding Thorson’s death illuminate a uniquely American tendency to mix and match eastern religious traditions like LEGO pieces in a quest to reach an enlightened, perfected state, no matter the cost. Aided by Thorson’s private papers, along with cutting-edge neurological research that reveals the profound impact of intensive meditation on the brain and stories of miracles and black magic, sexualized rituals, and tantric rites from former Diamond Mountain acolytes, A Death on Diamond Mountain is a gripping work of investigative journalism that reveals how the path to enlightenment can be riddled with danger.
Author : Rājendralāla Mitra (Raja)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Buddha Gaya written by Rājendralāla Mitra (Raja) and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9788192654911
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (549 download)
Download or read book Bodhgaya written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ryōjun Satō
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788120839434
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)
Download or read book The Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya written by Ryōjun Satō and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Cohen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134192053
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book Beyond Enlightenment written by Richard Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-08-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 1 A BENIGN INTRODUCTION -- chapter 2 A PLACE OF EXCEPTIONAL UNIVERSAL VALUE -- chapter 3 A TALE OF TWO HISTORIES -- chapter 4 THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF ENLIGHTENMENT -- chapter 5 WHAT DO GODS HAVE TO DO WITH ENLIGHTENMENT? -- chapter 6 A BAROQUE CONCLUSION.
Download or read book Destination Enlightenment written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation is a historical ethnography that examines the social transformation of Bodh Gaya into a World Heritage site. On June 26, 2002, the Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya was formally inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. As a place of cultural heritage and a monument of "outstanding universal value" this inclusion has reinforced the ancient significance of Bodh Gaya as the place of Buddha's enlightenment. In this dissertation, I take this recent event as a framing device for my historical and ethnographic analysis that details the varying ways in which Bodh Gaya is constructed out of a particular set of social relations. How do different groups attach meaning to Bodh Gaya's space and negotiate the multiple claims and memories embedded in place? How is Bodh Gaya socially constructed as a global site of memory and how do contests over its spatiality implicate divergent histories, narratives and events? In order to delineate the various historical and spatial meanings that place holds for different groups I examine a set of interrelated transnational processes that are the focus of this dissertation: 1) the emergence of Buddhist monasteries, temples and/or guest houses tied to international pilgrimage; 2) the role of tourism and pilgrimage as a source of economic livelihood for local residents; and 3) the role of state tourism development and urban planning. Based on my analysis of these social constituencies I argue that World Heritage sites, like the Mahabodhi Temple Complex, are important global spaces of convergence where history, memory, narratives and groups are entangled through UNESCO's universal claims. It is for these reasons that it is important to look beyond the universal abstraction and examine the ways in which spaces of global memory are laden with social and cultural meaning that is activated, reproduced and contested through a range of social practices. In this way, World Heritage is not only about the production of authoritati.
Author : D. C. Ahir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
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:
Author : Kurt Behrendt
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588395499
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Tibet and India written by Kurt Behrendt and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wes Nisker
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0307788725
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Buddha's Nature written by Wes Nisker and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2011-04-27 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Buddha said that "everything we need to know about life can be found inside this fathom-long body." Then why is most people's spirituality--whether Buddhist, Christian, or Jewish--completely cut off from their body? In this provocative and groundbreaking book, you'll discover that enlightenment comes not from "out there," but from a deep understanding of our own personal biology. Using the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, a traditional Buddhist meditation, Nisker shows how cutting-edge science is proving the tenets first offered by the Buddha. And he provides a practical program, complete with meditations and exercises, that enables readers to become mindful of the origins of emotions, desires, and thoughts. One of the great synthesizers of East and West, Nisker shows how to incorporate the traditional understanding of the Buddha with the latest scientific discoveries while on our spiritual journey. He shows that we are not separate from nature and the evolving universe. The way to enlightenment lies within our very biology. Most important, Nisker offers a practical program--complete with meditations and exercises--so readers can take their own evolutionary journey into their bodies to find the origins of emotions, desires, and thoughts. Nisker provides a liberating way for each of us to incorporate into our lives the understanding, proven by the latest scientific evidence and foretold in the great traditional teachings of the Buddha, that we are not separate from nature and the evolving universe. Our biology is not our destiny, but our way to enlightenment.
Author : Shravasti Dhammika
Publisher : Buddhist Publication Society
ISBN 13 : 9552401976
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (524 download)
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.
Author : Shravasti Dhammika
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Navel of the Earth written by Shravasti Dhammika and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Buddhadasa
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861718682
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (617 download)
Download or read book Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree written by Buddhadasa and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear and simple teachings on voidness and living an ethical life. In Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree, Buddhadasa Bhikkhu presents in simple language the philosophy of voidness, or sunnata, that lies at the heart of the Buddhism. By carefully tying voidness to ethical discipline, Buddhadasa provides us clear and open grounds to reflect on the place of the philosophy in our lives. With his ecumenical, stimulating, and enthusiastically engaged approach to reading the Buddha's teaching in full flourish, Ajahn Buddhadasa transforms the jungle of philosophy into a glade as inviting as the one in which he famously taught.
Author : Śāntideva
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN 13 : 9788120832374
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (323 download)
Download or read book The Bodhicaryāvatāra of Śāntideva written by Śāntideva and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2007 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: art of life and not a theory.
Author : Rana P. B. Singh
Publisher : Spotlight Poets
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Where the Buddha Walked written by Rana P. B. Singh and published by Spotlight Poets. This book was released on 2003 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first attempt to describe all the fifteen placeswith which the Buddha had direct association: Lumbini,Kapilavastu, Bodh Gaya, Gaya, Sarnath, Shravasti,Kaushambi, Rajagriha, Nalanda, Vaishali, Patna, Kesariya,Kushinagar, Sankisa, and Mathura. The sequence of the fifteenBuddhist places follows the life-cycle and the journeysperformed by the Buddha as narrated in the JÈtakas and theTripi aka.Narration of each of these places accounts the mythology,legend, JÈtaka tales, cultural history, archaeology, field studiesand general information. The book is illustrated with 55photographs and 55 maps and figures, and also contains adescription of the main link stations like Varanasi, Allahabadand Gorakhpur. Nearby sites for excursion are also describedin the context.
