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Author : Harischandra Lal Singh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Reflections on Buddhism of the Kathmandu Valley written by Harischandra Lal Singh and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Todd T. Lewis
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791492435
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Popular Buddhist Texts from Nepal written by Todd T. Lewis and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2000-09-07 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates how popular ritual texts and story narratives have shaped the religious life and culture of the only surviving South Asian Mahayana Buddhist society, the Newars of Kathmandu. It begins with an account of the Newar Buddhist community's history and its place within the religious environment of Nepal and proceeds to build around five popular translations, several of which were known across Asia: the Srngabheri Avadana, the Simhalasarthabahu Avadana, the Tara, the Mahakala Vratas, and the Pancaraksa. Lewis documents how the respective texts have been domesticated in Nepal's art and architecture, healing traditions, and rituals. He shows how they provide paradigmatic case studies that transcend the Nepalese context, illustrating universal practices or issues in all Buddhist communities, such as gender relations and stupa veneration, the role of merchants, ethnicity, violence, devotions to celestial bodhisattvas by kings and women, and the role of mantra recitations and healing rituals in the lives of Buddhists.
Author : Sarah LeVine
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674040120
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Rebuilding Buddhism written by Sarah LeVine and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-30 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebuilding Buddhism describes in evocative detail the experiences and achievements of Nepalis who have adopted Theravada Buddhism. This form of Buddhism was introduced into Nepal from Burma and Sri Lanka in the 1930s, and its adherents have struggled for recognition and acceptance ever since. With its focus on the austere figure of the monk and the biography of the historical Buddha, and more recently with its emphasis on individualizing meditation and on gender equality, Theravada Buddhism contrasts sharply with the highly ritualized Tantric Buddhism traditionally practiced in the Kathmandu Valley. Based on extensive fieldwork, interviews, and historical reconstruction, the book provides a rich portrait of the different ways of being a Nepali Buddhist over the past seventy years. At the same time it explores the impact of the Theravada movement and what its gradual success has meant for Buddhism, for society, and for men and women in Nepal.
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Publisher : Inner Traditions
ISBN 13 : 9780892815401
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (154 download)
Download or read book Power Places of Kathmandu written by and published by Inner Traditions. This book was released on 1995-09-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning photographer Kevin Bubriski captures in stunning detail the sacred places of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. Noted scholar Keith Dowman provides history and commentary on the significance of the sites.
Author : Niels Gutschow
Publisher : Edition Axel Menges
ISBN 13 : 3930698757
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (36 download)
Download or read book The Nepalese Caitya written by Niels Gutschow and published by Edition Axel Menges. This book was released on 1997 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes not only architectural information, but also the cultural significance of these Buddhist monuments.
Author : Karuṇākara Vaidya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Buddhist Traditions and Culture of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal written by Karuṇākara Vaidya and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sarah LeVine and David N. Gellner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788187358398
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (583 download)
Download or read book REBUILDING BUDDHISM The Theravada Movement in Twentieth-Century Nepal written by Sarah LeVine and David N. Gellner and published by . This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebuilding Buddhism Describes In Evocative Detail The Experiences And Achievements Of Nepalis Who Have Adopted Theravada Buddhism. This Form Of Buddhism Was Introduced Into Nepal From Burma And Sri Lanka In The 1930S, And Its Adherents Have Struggled For Recognition And Acceptance Ever Since. With Its Focus On The Austere Figure Of The Monk And The Biography Of The Historical Buddha, And More Recently With Its Emphasis On Individualizing Meditation And On Gender Equality, Theravada Buddhism Contrasts Sharply With The Highly Ritualized Tantric Buddhism Traditionally Practiced In The Kathmandu Valley.
Author : Harischandra Lal Singh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book A Brief Encyclopaedia of Buddhism in Nepal written by Harischandra Lal Singh and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Keith Dowman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book A Buddhist Guide to the Power Places of the Kathmandu Valley written by Keith Dowman and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With reference to Kathmandu Valley in Nepal; includes traveler information.
Author : Siegfried Lienhard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Change and Continuity written by Siegfried Lienhard and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lauren Leve
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317308913
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book The Buddhist Art of Living in Nepal written by Lauren Leve and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theravada Buddhism has experienced a powerful and far-reaching revival in modern Nepal, especially among the Newar Buddhist laity, many of whom are reorganizing their lives according to its precepts, practices and ideals. This book documents these far-reaching social and personal transformations and links them to political, economic and cultural shifts associated with late modernity, and especially neoliberal globalization. Nepal has changed radically over the last century, particularly since the introduction of liberal democracy and an open-market economy in 1990. The rise of lay vipassana meditation has also dramatically impacted the Buddhist landscape. Drawing on recently revived understandings of ethics as embodied practices of self-formation, the author argues that the Theravada turn is best understood as an ethical movement that offers practitioners ways of engaging, and models for living in, a rapidly changing world. The book takes readers into the Buddhist reform from the perspectives of its diverse practitioners, detailing devotees' ritual and meditative practices, their often conflicted relations to Vajrayana Buddhism and Newar civil society, their struggles over identity in a formerly Hindu nation-state, and the political, cultural, institutional and moral reorientations that becoming a "pure Buddhist"—as Theravada devotees understand themselves—entails. Based on more than 20 years of anthropological fieldwork, this book is an important contribution to scholarly debates over modern Buddhism, ethical practices, and the anthropology of religion. It is of interest to students and scholars of Asian Religion, Anthropology, Buddhism and Philosophy.
Author : Sangharakshita (Bhikshu)
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780904766783
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (667 download)
Download or read book Crossing the Stream written by Sangharakshita (Bhikshu) and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon after taking ordination as a Buddhist monk, the English author of this book moved to the town of Kalimpong, on the edge of the Himalayas. He was to live there for 14 years - reflecting, writing and editing Buddhist journals, befriending a number of distinguished Tibetan lamas as they fled across the nearby border, and establishing the world's first inter-denominational Buddhist centre. The 32 essays in the book come from that period, and reveal a man profoundly committed to the inner life, who is not afraid to challenge orthodox attitudes and interpretations in his pursuit of the practical essence of Buddhism.
Author : Susan Höivik
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Born in Nepal written by Susan Höivik and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeff Greenwald
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
ISBN 13 : 1609520947
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (95 download)
Download or read book Shopping for Buddhas written by Jeff Greenwald and published by Travelers' Tales. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeff Greenwald's classic travelogue follows his quest for the "perfect" Buddha statue. At turns hilarious and moving, his quest features a cast of amazing characters — from a passionate palmist to a flying lama — who provide unforgettable glimpses into the daily life and culture of the former kingdom (including a wild ride on Kathmandu’s very first escalator). Greenwald doesn't shy away from Shangri-la’s darker side. Along with colorful descriptions of Hindu and Buddhist mythology, the book tells of the rampant corruption, art smuggling, assassination attempts and human right abuses that would ignite Nepal’s violent "People Power" Revolution in April 1990. A new afterword by the author recounts Nepal's tumultuous recent history — including the massacre of the royal family — in vivid detail. And a new preface introduces this 25th anniversary edition with some thoughts about how Nepal, and travel writing, have evolved since the book’s first publication. Shopping for Buddhas remains a must-read for anyone who has visited, or plans to visit, Nepal.
Author : Niels Gutschow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789937733311
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (333 download)
Download or read book The Nepalese Caitya written by Niels Gutschow and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chittadhar Hrdaya
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834842025
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)
Download or read book The Epic of the Buddha written by Chittadhar Hrdaya and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A translation of the modern Nepalese classic Winner of the Toshihide Numata Book Award in Buddhism and the Khyentse Foundation Prize for Outstanding Translation This award-winning book contains the English translation of Sugata Saurabha (“The Sweet Fragrance of the Buddha”), an epic poem on the life and teachings of the Buddha. Chittadhar Hṛdaya, a master poet from Nepal, wrote this tour de force while imprisoned for subversion in the 1940s and smuggled it out over time on scraps of paper. His consummate skill and poetic artistry are evident throughout as he tells the Buddha’s story in dramatic terms, drawing on images from the natural world to heighten the description of emotionally charged events. It is peopled with very human characters who experience a wide range of emotions, from erotic love to anger, jealousy, heroism, compassion, and goodwill. By showing how the central events of the Buddha’s life are experienced by Siddhartha, as well as by his family members and various disciples, the poem communicates a fuller sense of the humanity of everyone involved and the depth and power of the Buddha’s loving-kindness. For this new edition of the English translation, the translators improved the beauty and flow of most every line. The translation is also supplemented with a series of short essays by Todd Lewis, one of the translators, that articulates how Hṛdaya incorporated his own Newar cultural traditions in order to connect his readership with the immediacy and relevancy of the Buddha’s life and at the same time express his views on political issues, ethical principles, literary life, gender discrimination, economic policy, and social reform.
Author : Anagarika Brahmacari Govinda
Publisher : Red Wheel
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Buddhist Reflections written by Anagarika Brahmacari Govinda and published by Red Wheel. This book was released on 1991 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathered from lectures and articles written by Lama Govinda shortly before his death in 1985, this book invokes a multidimensional vision of Buddhist understanding. Discusses the expansion of consciousness through drugs, the nature of attachment, suffering in love relationships, and much more.
