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'The Bodhisattva's Tusks'

Author : Nanditha Prasad Ram
Publisher : Bindumandala Press for Mind Body Spirit
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book 'The Bodhisattva's Tusks' written by Nanditha Prasad Ram and published by Bindumandala Press for Mind Body Spirit. This book was released on 2020-08-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Novella is set in a Buddhist monastery at the foothills of the Khangchendzonga mountains in north east India. The inspiration for this work comes from an exquisite painting of the same name, ‘The Bodhisattva’s Tusks’ by Abanindronath Tagore, in which a meditating prince has draped his flowing locks of hair over the ivory tusks of an elephant. The book deals with characters who From New Zealand to New Delhi and beyond, the characters travel the metaphoric distance from being too comfortable with themselves to feeling a great level of personal and emotional turmoil and then finally arrive at the gates to self knowledge.come to this monastery for their slice of personal truth, and each one’s moment of reckoning inevitably arrives.

The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature

Author : Har Dayal
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120812574
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature written by Har Dayal and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1970 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work consists of seven chapters that deal with the Bodhisattva doctrine as expounded in the principal Buddhist Sanskrit Literature. Chapter 1 describes the nature of the Bodhisattva doctrine with particular stress on the distinct chatacteristics of arhat, Bodhisattva and sravaka. Chapter II recounts the different factors including the influence Persian religio-cult, Greek art and Christian ethics that contributed to the rise and growth of the Boddhisattva doctrine. Chapter III expounds the production of the thought of Enlightenment for the welfare and liberation of all creatures. Chapters IV describes thirty-seven practices and principles conducive to the attainment of Enlightenment. Chapter V expalins the ten perfections that lead to welfare, rebirth, serenity, spiritual cultivation, and supreme knowledge. Chapter VI states different stages of spiritual progress in the aspirant`s long journey to the goal of final emancipation and Chapter VII relates the events of the Gautama Buddha`s past lives as Bodhisattva. The book contains comprehensive notes and references besides a general index appended at the end. It is written in a very lucid style that speaks of the writer`s scholarly acumen and mastry of literary art.

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Publisher : Abhinav Publications
ISBN 13 : 8170171008
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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The Buddha and the Shape of Belief

Author : Leela Aditi Wood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Buddha and the Shape of Belief written by Leela Aditi Wood and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Understanding Buddhism

Author : James D. Holt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350330248
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Buddhism written by James D. Holt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhism is often the religion that teachers have the least confidence in teaching despite being the sixth largest religion in the UK and being commonly regarded as one of the six major religions to be taught in schools throughout the country. This book explores the beliefs and practices of Buddhism as a lived religion in the UK. This book engages with Buddhist beliefs and practices and provides students and teachers with the confidence to address misconceptions and recognise the importance of beliefs in the lives of believers, in a way that will enable readers to go forward with confidence. Aspects of Buddhism explored include the concepts that form the central beliefs of Buddhism, and then the expression of these beliefs in worship, daily life, and the ethics of Buddhists in the modern day. Each chapter includes authentic voices of believers today and provides opportunities for the reader to consider the concepts and how they can be respected and taught and in the classroom. The book forms part of the Teaching Religions and Worldviews series of guides, each one designed to build teachers' confidence and expertise in teaching a different religion or worldview in the classroom..

The Elephant King Goodness

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789832648659
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book The Elephant King Goodness written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Way of the Buddha

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Publisher : Publication Division
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Way of the Buddha written by and published by Publication Division. This book was released on 1995 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Buddhist art and antiquity.

The Saddharma-pundarîka

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Saddharma-pundarîka written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Thousand and One Lives of the Buddha

Author : Bernard Faure
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824893549
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book The Thousand and One Lives of the Buddha written by Bernard Faure and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2022-08-31 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the French edition “This is a book that should be read by all those who are interested, whether near or far, in Buddhism, its history and its interpretations. . . . [Faure] proposes considering the ‘Life of the Buddha’ as a kind of treasure that never ceases to be reinvented and experienced, from story to story, from language to language, from culture to culture.” —Roger-Pol Droit, Le Monde Many biographies of the Buddha have been published in the last 150 years, and all claim to describe the authentic life of the historical Buddha. This book, written by one of the leading scholars of Buddhism and Japanese religion, starts from the opposite assumption and argues that we do not yet possess the archival and archaeological materials required to compose such a biography: All we have are narratives, not facts. Yet traditional biographies have neglected the literary, mythological, and ritual elements in the life of the Buddha. Bernard Faure aims to bridge this gap and shed light on a Buddha that is not historical but has constituted a paradigm of practice and been an object of faith for 2,500 years. The Thousand and One Lives of the Buddha opens with a criticism of the prevalent historicism before examining the mythological elements in a life of the Buddha no longer constrained by an artificial biographical framework. Once the search for the “historical Buddha” is abandoned, there is no longer any need to limit the narrative to early Indian stories. The life—or lives—of the Buddha, as an expression of the creative imaginations of Buddhists, developed beyond India over the centuries. Faure accordingly shifts his focus to East Asia and, more particularly, to Japan. Finally, he examines recent developments of the Buddha’s life in not only Asia but also the modern West and neglected literary genres such as science fiction.

Repentance Ritual of the Emperor of Liang

Author : Buddhist Text Translation Society
Publisher : Buddhist Text Translation Society
ISBN 13 : 160103086X
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Repentance Ritual of the Emperor of Liang written by Buddhist Text Translation Society and published by Buddhist Text Translation Society. This book was released on 2017 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In China Buddhism flourished during the Liang Dyansty (502–587) due in large part to Emperor Wu, who personally met with Bodhidharma, the 28th Indian patriarch from Shakyamuni Buddha. Legend has it that Emperor Wu’s first wife died prematurely and fell into the lower realms. In order to rescue her and to help her spirit ascend to the heavens, Emperor Wu, a great patron of Buddhism, had Chan Master Baozhi compose a repentance ceremony on her behalf. The resulting repentance text was so successful and popular that it is still used in monasteries today. Repentance Dharma of Kindness and Compassion in the Bodhimanda is a complete English translation of what is popularly known as “The Jeweled Repentance of the Emperor of Liang.” It was translated over a period of 15 years by the monks, nuns and laity of the Buddhist Text Translation Society (BTTS). BTTS was founded in 1970 in San Francisco by Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua as part of the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association. BTTS publishes sutra translations, instructional handbooks, biographies, children’s books, and introductory material on Buddhism.

Bodhisattva Ideal

Author : Sangharakshita
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 1909314102
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Bodhisattva Ideal written by Sangharakshita and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we be happy and at the same time responsive to the suffering of others? It can be done: this is the message of the Bodhisattva ideal. For one wishing to follow this path, the development of inner calm and positivity that leads to true wisdom is balanced by a genuine and active concern for others which flowers into great compassion. Sangharakshita places the ideal of the Bodhisattva within the context of the entire Buddhist tradition. Unfolding this vision of our potential, he demonstrates how we ourselves can move towards this ideal

Head, Eyes, Flesh, and Blood

Author : Reiko Ohnuma
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231137087
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Head, Eyes, Flesh, and Blood written by Reiko Ohnuma and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Head, Eyes, Flesh, and Blood is the first comprehensive study of a central narrative theme in premodern South Asian Buddhist literature: the Buddha's bodily self-sacrifice during his previous lives as a bodhisattva. Conducting close readings of stories from Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese, and Tibetan literature written between the third century BCE and the late medieval period, Reiko Ohnuma argues that this theme has had a major impact on the development of Buddhist philosophy and culture. Whether he takes the form of king, prince, ascetic, elephant, hare, serpent, or god, the bodhisattva repeatedly gives his body or parts of his flesh to others. He leaps into fires, drowns himself in the ocean, rips out his tusks, gouges out his eyes, and lets mosquitoes drink from his blood, always out of selflessness and compassion and to achieve the highest state of Buddhahood. Ohnuma places these stories into a discrete subgenre of South Asian Buddhist literature and approaches them like case studies, analyzing their plots, characterizations, and rhetoric. She then relates the theme of the Buddha's bodily self-sacrifice to major conceptual discourses in the history of Buddhism and South Asian religions, such as the categories of the gift, the body (both ordinary and extraordinary), kingship, sacrifice, ritual offering, and death. Head, Eyes, Flesh, and Blood reveals a very sophisticated and influential perception of the body in South Asian Buddhist literature and highlights the way in which these stories have provided an important cultural resource for Buddhists. Combined with her rich and careful translations of classic texts, Ohnuma introduces a whole new understanding of a vital concept in Buddhists studies.

Chakshudana or Opening the Eyes

Author : Pika Ghosh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000986071
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Chakshudana or Opening the Eyes written by Pika Ghosh and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-20 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chakshudana or rituals of opening the eyes are practiced across multiple South Asian communities by artists, sculptors, and priests. The ritual offers gods access to the mortal world. This practice, applied to the study of material and visual culture, offers a distinctive perspective to interrogate the complex engagements with paintings, sculptures, found objects, fragments, built environments, and ecologies. This volume takes the process of seeing as its focus—to look closely, remaining true to the object, but also to see widely—from multiple subjective stances and diverse bodily engagements such as walking to dreaming, glancing to looking askance, hypnotic stares, and to see beyond the visible. It examines art history through nuanced considerations of materiality, aesthetics, and regional specificities. The essays emerge from current research that builds on the contributions of Michael W. Meister, W. Norman Brown Distinguished Professor of History of Art and South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, whose works laid the foundations for the study of South Asian visual and material culture. The essays in this book underscore methodological resonances rather than privileging conventional categories of media or chronology, exploring artistic media including temples and paintings as well as Bengali-quilted textiles, manuscript ‘lozenges,’ and metal repousse. This volume, part of the Visual Media and Histories Series, will be of interest to students and researchers of history of art, religious studies, and history as well as the allied disciplines of anthropology and folklore studies. Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists

Author : Sister Nivedita
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists written by Sister Nivedita and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Way of the Buddha

Author : India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Way of the Buddha written by India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Life of Buddha on the Stūpa of Barabudur

Author : Nicolaas Johannes Krom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Life of Buddha on the Stūpa of Barabudur written by Nicolaas Johannes Krom and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Saddharma-Puṇḍarīka

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ISBN 13 : 9780486210650
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Saddharma-Puṇḍarīka written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Saddharma-Puṇḍarīka (The Lotus of the True Law), one of the Mahayana sutras, is perhaps the single most important Mahayana Buddhist work. Composed originally in India, some sections written as early as the beginning of the Christian era, the Lotus is held in enormous esteem by the Northern schools of Buddhism and by Chinese and Japanese Buddhists, particularly Tendai and later developments. Described as "the most eminent" of all the sutras, "the crown jewel" in which "all Buddha-laws are succinctly taught," the Lotus is a keystone in the education of every serious Buddhist. This sutra is essentially a collection of responses, explanations, ex cathedra lectures, and the like, bearing chiefly upon metaphysical issues: the nature of Buddhahood, the concept of nirvana, the Bodhisattva ideal, the rewards of the faithful, and other theoretical matters, that have become essential dogma in all Buddhist schools that have since arisen. A transfiguration of the traditional Buddha-situation is presented: the historical Buddha, the Tathagata or Sakyamuni, is seen in his eternal, supernatural aspect; he sits surrounded by an array of gods, arahats, demons, bodhisattvas, gandharvas, monks and nuns--all eager to hear the infinitely wise utterances of the Great Teacher. The revelations are made sometimes by Sakyamuni, addressing his historical sangha, including Ananda, Sariputra, Kasyapa, et al., and at other times by the Buddhas of the past and the future, Manjusri and Maitreya. This edition contains the complete translation of the Lotus, rendered from Sanskrit by Professor Kern. He has also written a critical introduction to the work and has clarified and supplemented the text by means of numerous footnotes." -- Publisher's description