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Worshiping Siva and Buddha

Author : Ann R. Kinney
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824827793
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (277 download)

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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.

Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon

Author : Adriana Proser
Publisher : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
ISBN 13 : 9783777434339
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (343 download)

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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.

Siva and Buddha

Author : Sister Nivedita
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (532 download)

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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:

Cannabis in Spiritual Practice

Author : Will Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1620556863
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (25 download)

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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 144 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.

Siva and Buddha

Author : Sister Nivedita
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780874811162
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (111 download)

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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:

Siva & Buddha

Author : Sister Nivedita
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)

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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:

Sacred Hindu Symbols

Author : Gautam Chatterjee
Publisher : Abhinav Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788170173977
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Hindu Symbols written by Gautam Chatterjee and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hinduism Is Not Merely A Religion But A Way Of Life. Hinduism, In Its Traverse Of Four Thousand Years, Has Accumulated Many A Belief And Practice, Which Encompass The Whole Socio-Religio-Cultural Life Of A Devout. Since The Mythological Past, Hinduism Is Studded With Varied Signs And Symptoms, Which Are Mystic In Character And Symbolic In Nature, And Are Also Sacred Symbols Of Spiritualism As Well. These Symbols Are The Sacred Rivers; Mystic Mantras Like Om And Gayatri; The Auspicious Symbol Of Swastika; The Shivalinga, Salagram Shila Or Sacred Stone Objects; Tripundra Tilaks Or Urdhapundra Tilaks- The Process Of Besmearing The Body With Different Marks Of Sandal Pastes; The Sacred Conch Or Sankha And Venerated Trees Which Have Medicinal Value And Spiritual Ethos Like Tulsi, Vata, Rudraksha, Etc. All These Are Part Of Modern Hinduism But To Many Devouts And Observers These Symbols Stand Enigmatic! Thus This Book Attempts To Explore And Unearth The Hidden Philosophy Of These Signs And Gauge The Socio-Scientific Base And Tries To Find Out The Real Meaning Of Ritualistic Methodologies Of These Symbols, Which Are The Great Objects Of Veneration Of The Hindus Down The Ages.

The Origins of Oṃ Maṇipadme Hūṃ

Author : Alexander Studholme
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791488489
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Oṃ Maṇipadme Hūṃ written by Alexander Studholme and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oṃ Maṇipadme Hūṃ, perhaps the most well-known of all Buddhist mantras, lies at the heart of the Tibetan system and is cherished by both layman and lama alike. This book documents the origins of the mantra, and presents a new interpretation of the meaning of Oṃ Maṇipadme Hūṃ, and includes a detailed, annotated precis of the Kāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra, opening up this important Mahayana Buddhist work to a wider audience. The Kāraṇḍavyūha— the earliest textual source for Oṃ Maṇipadme Hūṃ—which describes both the compassionate activity of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva whose power the mantra invokes, and the mythical tale of the search for and discovery of the mantra. Through a detailed analysis of this sutra, Studholme explores the historical and doctrinal forces behind the appearance of Oṃ Maṇipadme Hūṃ in India at around the middle of the first millennium C.E. He argues that the Kāraṇḍavyūha has close affinities to non-Buddhist puranic literature, and that the conception of Avalokiteśvara and his six-syllable mantra is informed by the conception of the Hindu deity Śiva and his five-syllable mantra Namaḥ Śivāya. The sutra reflects an historical situation in which the Buddhist monastic establishment was coming into contact with Buddhist tantric practitioners, themselves influenced by Saivite practitioners.

The Making of Southeast Asia

Author : Amitav Acharya
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801466342
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Making of Southeast Asia written by Amitav Acharya and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing a framework to study "what makes a region," Amitav Acharya investigates the origins and evolution of Southeast Asian regionalism and international relations. He views the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) "from the bottom up" as not only a U.S.-inspired ally in the Cold War struggle against communism but also an organization that reflects indigenous traditions. Although Acharya deploys the notion of "imagined community" to examine the changes, especially since the Cold War, in the significance of ASEAN dealings for a regional identity, he insists that "imagination" is itself not a neutral but rather a culturally variable concept. The regional imagination in Southeast Asia imagines a community of nations different from NAFTA or NATO, the OAU, or the European Union. In this new edition of a book first published as The Quest for Identity in 2000, Acharya updates developments in the region through the first decade of the new century: the aftermath of the financial crisis of 1997, security affairs after September 2001, the long-term impact of the 2004 tsunami, and the substantial changes wrought by the rise of China as a regional and global actor. Acharya argues in this important book for the crucial importance of regionalism in a different part of the world.

Siva and Buddha in the East Indian Archipelago, 1926

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (223 download)

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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:

Vigyan bhairav tantra

Author : Osho
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783893380862
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Vigyan bhairav tantra written by Osho and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 112 methods of meditation with one card each.

Shiva to Shankara

Author : Devdutt Pattanaik
Publisher : Indus Source
ISBN 13 : 9788188569045
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Shiva to Shankara written by Devdutt Pattanaik and published by Indus Source. This book was released on 2006 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many modern scholars say Shiva linga is a phallic symbol. Most devotees disagree. Who is right? To make sense of a mythological image one has to align the language heard stories] with the language performed rituals], and the language seen symbols]. This book also looks at the sexual metaphors.

Shiva and the Primordial Tradition

Author : Alain Daniélou
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594777187
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Shiva and the Primordial Tradition written by Alain Daniélou and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-11-10 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive examination of the underpinnings of the Shaivite Tradition • Reveals the influence of Shaivism on the Western world • Discusses Shaivism’s understanding of sacred sexuality • Presents the connections between Vedic poetry and metaphysics In Shiva and the Primordial Tradition, Alain Daniélou explores the relationship between Shaivism and the Western world. Shaivite philosophy does not oppose theology, cosmology, and science because it recognizes that their common aim is to seek to understand and explain the nature of the world. In the Western world, the idea of bridging the divide between science and religion is just beginning to touch the edges of mainstream thought. This rare collection of the late author’s writings contains several never-before-published articles and offers an in-depth look at the many facets of the Samkhya, the cosmologic doctrines of the Shaivite tradition. Daniélou provides important revelations on subjects such as the science of dreams, the role of poetry and sexuality in the sacred, the personality of the great Shankara, and the Shaivite influence on the Scythians and the Parthians (and by extension, the Hellenic world in general). Providing a convincing argument in favor of the polytheistic approach, he explains that monotheism is merely the deification of individualism--the separation of humanity from nature--and that by acknowledging the sacred in everything, we can recognize the imprint of the primordial tradition.

Living Awareness

Author : Prashanth Hirematada
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781980907053
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Living Awareness written by Prashanth Hirematada and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-22 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the bookLiving Awareness, Meditation and Practice (LAMP) is a book about the practice of meditation and more importantly the practice of awareness not only during sitting meditation, but also during your day-to-day living. The awareness is like a spark that may be ignited in your sitting practice, the book takes the practitioner beyond the sitting practice to carry the flame throughout their daily life and help recognize the life as is.The book instructs a basic meditation technique, but the reader may or may not follow the technique as described. The practice of awareness compliments any spiritual practices and all aspects of one's life. It helps readers to merge the spiritual and material worlds, help realize they never were two different to begin with.LAMP emphasizes on the practice rather than attempting to explain ideas, concepts, theories, beliefs or dogmas. The book does not introduce any complicated ideas or terminology, remaining secular, neutral and transcending.About the AuthorPrashanth hails from Bengaluru (Bangalore), has lived a decade in and around San Francisco, later moved to Shanghai for another decade and now lives in his home town in India. Prashanth is a regular contributor on Quora and is one of the top writers on the subjects of spirituality, meditation, Buddhism, Advaita, Zen, Enlightenment to name a few.The author is not a guru, mystic, guide, teacher or a master, but simply a practitioner. He is simply another drop in the ocean, another person on the bus of life, pointing and sharing the life scenes along the way.

The Dice Game of Shiva

Author : Richard Smoley
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 1577319176
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book The Dice Game of Shiva written by Richard Smoley and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating book, Richard Smoley examines the roles God has played for us and reconciles them with what we today know through science and reason. In the process, he shows that consciousness is the underlying reality beneath everything in the universe. In one of Hinduism’s great myths, Shiva plays a dice game with his consort, Parvati, and loses consistently. If he is the greatest god, why does he lose? Through this story, Richard Smoley explores the interplay between consciousness, represented by Shiva, and experience, exemplified by Parvati. He draws on numerous disciplines to offer an illuminating exploration of mind and matter and a provocative understanding of consciousness, the self, and the world.

The Presence of Siva

Author : S. Kramrisch
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691019307
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book The Presence of Siva written by S. Kramrisch and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the three great gods of Hinduism, Siva is a living god. The most sacred and most ancient book of India, The Rg Veda, evokes his presence in its hymns; Vedic myths, rituals, and even astronomy testify to his existence from the dawn of time. In a lively meditation on Siva--based on original Sanskrit texts, many translated here for the first time--Stella Kramrisch ponders the metaphysics, ontology, and myths of Siva from the Vedas and the Puranas. Who is Siva? Who is this god whose being comprises and transcends everything? From the dawn of creation, the Wild God, the Great Yogi, the sum of all opposites, has been guardian of the absolute. By retelling and interweaving the many myths that keep Siva alive in India today, Kramrisch reveals the paradoxes in Siva's nature and thus in the nature of consciousness itself.

Ancient India

Author : Upinder Singh
Publisher : Aleph Book Company
ISBN 13 : 9789390652617
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (526 download)

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Download or read book Ancient India written by Upinder Singh and published by Aleph Book Company. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upinder Singh urges us to abandon simplistic stereotypes and instead think of ancient India in terms of the coexistence of five powerful contradictions-between social inequality and promises of universal salvation, the valorization of desire and detachment, goddess worship and misogyny, violence and non-violence, and religious debate and conflict. She does so using a vast array of sources including religious and philosophical texts, epics, poetry, plays, technical treatises, satire, biographies, and inscriptions, as well as the material and aesthetic evidence of archaeology and art from sites across the subcontinent. Singh's scholarly but highly accessible style, clear explanation, and balanced interpretations offer an understanding of the historian's craft and unravel the many threads of what we think of as ancient Indian culture. This is not a dead or forgotten past but one invoked in different contexts even today. Further, in spite of enormous historical changes over the centuries, the contradictions discussed here still remain.