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Author : Joe Cummings
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Meditation Temples of Thailand written by Joe Cummings and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karl Döhring
Publisher : White Lotus Company, Limited (Thailand)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Buddhist Temples of Thailand written by Karl Döhring and published by White Lotus Company, Limited (Thailand). This book was released on 2000 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carol Stratton
Publisher : Silkworm Books
ISBN 13 : 1627767088
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)
Download or read book What's What in a Wat written by Carol Stratton and published by Silkworm Books. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As you walk through a Thai temple, a host of unfamiliar objects, shapes, and patterns tug at you from every direction. This handy and lucid guidebook will help you distinguish what is what. It takes you through a representative Thai Buddhist temple, guiding you from structure to structure and element to element, explaining the function and purpose of each, and the symbolism behind the forms. A Thai wat can be a place of bewildering beauty, but this illustrated companion will help you focus your eye and identify what you see. Tourists and residents, novices and scholars will all gain a clearer sense of what a wat is and the role it plays today in the lives of Thai people. Highlights - Detailed guide to Thai temple compounds - Definitions and explanations of architectural elements and structures - Richly illustrated with examples - Presents the temple in the context of Thai society - Author is an art historian specializing in Thai Buddhist art
Author : Brooke Schedneck
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295748931
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (957 download)
Download or read book Religious Tourism in Northern Thailand written by Brooke Schedneck and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Temples are everywhere in Chiang Mai, filled with tourists as well as saffron-robed monks of all ages. The monks participate in daily urban life here as elsewhere in Thailand, where Buddhism is promoted, protected, and valued as a tourist attraction. Yet this mountain city offers more than a fleeting, commodified tourist experience, as the encounters between foreign visitors and Buddhist monks can have long-lasting effects on both parties. These religious contacts take place where economic motives, missionary zeal, and opportunities for cultural exchange coincide. Brooke Schedneck incorporates fieldwork and interviews with student monks and tourists to examine the innovative ways that Thai Buddhist temples offer foreign visitors spaces for religious instruction and popular in-person Monk Chat sessions in which tourists ask questions about Buddhism. Religious Tourism in Northern Thailand also considers how Thai monks perceive other religions and cultures and how they represent their own religion when interacting with tourists, resulting in a revealing study of how religious traditions adapt to an era of globalization.
Author : Phra Peter Pannapadipo
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409036804
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Phra Farang written by Phra Peter Pannapadipo and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At forty-five, successful businessman Peter Robinson gave up his comfortable life in London to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Bangkok. But the new path he had chosen was not always as easy or as straightforward as he hoped it would be. In this truly extraordinary memoir, Phra Peter Pannapadipo describes his ten-year metamorphosis into a practicing Buddhist monk, while being initiated into the intricacies of an unfamiliar Southeast Asian culture. Phra Peter tells his story with compassion, humour and unflinching honesty. It's the story of a 'Phra Farang' - a foreign monk - living and practicing his faith in an exotic and intriguing land.
Author : Jane Hamilton-Merritt
Publisher : Souvenir Press
ISBN 13 : 0285640720
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (856 download)
Download or read book A Meditator's Diary written by Jane Hamilton-Merritt and published by Souvenir Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is rare for a foreign woman to be accepted for instruction in intensive meditation in a Buddhist temple in Thailand. Jane Hamilton-Merritt writes about this experience from the inside, describing the extraordinary journey into the self, the expansion of her consciousness. In a personal account of her struggles, her fears and her experiences - some euphoric, some terrifying, some beautiful in the form of psychedelic visions and some that were genuinely threatening. A Meditator's Diary is an intellectually disciplined attempt to understand what Buddhist meditation techniques have to offer us, those in the Western world caught up in a cycle of destruction that we cannot control, and shows how to access its secrets. Jane Hamilton-Merritt describes her own dawning understanding of 'compassion without attachment', her eventual arrival at a state of peace and reconciliation and the sense of living flow with the whole of the universe that has transformed her life. Encouraging her readers to try meditation she describes how we can take the first steps on the long road to tranquillity for ourselves.
Author : Joe Cummings
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Limited
ISBN 13 : 9789814408523
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Buddhist Temples of Thailand written by Joe Cummings and published by Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Limited. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles 42 of the most important and significant temples located across Thailand
Author : Carol Stratton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (91 download)
Download or read book What's what in a Wat written by Carol Stratton and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joe Cummings
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789812618573
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (185 download)
Download or read book Buddhist Temples of Thailand written by Joe Cummings and published by Cavendish Square Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first illustrated title to cover the key temples in all of the kingdom's regions Introduction to the temple archetype and its role in the country's history Visual glossary to the parts of a wat (temple) Profiles 40 of the most important and significant temples located across Thailand Specially commissioned full-colour photographs Includes background on the historical significance of places featured. Author widely regarded as one of the experts in Thai-interest titles The Buddhist Temples of Thailandexplores the Buddhist temple's historical position in Thai culture and the dynamic role it continues to play in everyday life. The kingdom's best-known sites and rare gems, such as Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok and Wat Phumin in Nan, are brought to life through expert text and more than 200 commissioned photographs. Joe Cummingsfirst came to Thailand in 1977 and two years later begin researching Southeast Asian art history for a master's degree at the University of California at Berkeley. He has written more than 30 guidebooks on countries in Asia and North America, and authored several books on Buddhist archaeology, Thai design and other related topics, including Buddhist Stupas in Asia, Lanna Renaissance, Burmese Design and Architecture and Chiang Mai Style. Dan Whiteis a British photographer who has spent two decades specialising in South and South East Asia. Formerly based in Paris and London, he now lives in Bangkok Thailand. He did pioneering work on India, particularly on the complex world of Hindu ascetics and also in Cambodia celebrating the end of war. Publications include- The Times, Der Speigel, Marie Claire, The Observer and The South China Morning Post.
Author : Sun̄n̄o
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (716 download)
Download or read book A Brief Guide to Meditation Temples of Thailand written by Sun̄n̄o and published by . This book was released on with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brooke Schedneck
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131744938X
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Thailand's International Meditation Centers written by Brooke Schedneck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores contemporary practices within the new institution of international meditation centers in Thailand. It discusses the development of the lay vipassana meditation movement in Thailand and relates Thai Buddhism to contemporary processes of commodification and globalisation. Through an examination of how meditation centers are promoted internationally, the author considers how Thai Buddhism is translated for and embodied within international tourists who participate in meditation retreats in Thailand. Shedding new light on the decontextualization of religious practices, and raising new questions concerning tourism and religion, this book focuses on the nature of cultural exchange, spiritual tourism, and religious choice in modernity. With an aim of reframing questions of religious modernity, each chapter offers a new perspective on the phenomenon of spiritual seeking in Thailand. Offering an analysis of why meditation practices appeal to non-Buddhists, this book contends that religions do not travel as whole entities but instead that partial elements resonate with different cultures, and are appropriated over time.
Author : Suñño Bhikkhu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (163 download)
Download or read book A Brief Guide to Meditation Temples of Thailand written by Suñño Bhikkhu and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Puangthong R. Pawakapan
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9814459909
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)
Download or read book State and Uncivil Society in Thailand at the Temple of Preah Vihear written by Puangthong R. Pawakapan and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since it began in 2008, the dispute over the temple of Preah Vihear and its adjacent area has envenomed Thai-Cambodian relations. Puangthong R. Pawakapan argues that initially Thai-Cambodian cooperation on the temple had begun within the framework of Thailand’s strategy to become a regional economic centre and leader. It was the first time in Southeast Asia that two formerly antagonistic states were employing cultural methods to settle a territorial dispute and turned it into a symbol of friendship and cooperation between the two countries. But the ultra-nationalist movement derailed this essay in cooperation. Instead, the temple became a symbol of hatred between the two countries. The ultra- nationalists’ success has to be attributed to the support it enjoyed from various civic groups and institutions.
Author : Jack Kornfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (829 download)
Download or read book A Brief Guide to Meditation Temples of Thailand written by Jack Kornfield and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gelong Thubten
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250266831
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book A Monk's Guide to Happiness written by Gelong Thubten and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness for the Modern Day In our never-ending search for happiness we often find ourselves looking to external things for fulfillment, thinking that happiness can be unlocked by buying a bigger house, getting the next promotion, or building a perfect family. In this profound and inspiring book, Gelong Thubten shares a practical and sustainable approach to happiness. Thubten, a Buddhist monk and meditation expert who has worked with everyone from school kids to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Benedict Cumberbatch, explains how meditation and mindfulness can create a direct path to happiness. A Monk’s Guide to Happiness explores the nature of happiness and helps bust the myth that our lives and minds are too busy for meditation. The book can show you how to: - Learn practical methods to help you choose happiness - Develop greater compassion for yourself and others - Learn to meditate in micro-moments during a busy day - Discover that you are naturally ‘hard-wired’ for happiness Reading A Monk’s Guide to Happiness could revolutionize your relationship with your thoughts and emotions, and help you create a life of true happiness and contentment.
Author : Rory Mackenzie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113413262X
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book New Buddhist Movements in Thailand written by Rory Mackenzie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new Buddhist religious movements of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke, emerged in Thailand in the 1970s at a time of political uncertainty. This book explores why they have come into being, what they have reacted against and what they offer to their members.
Author : Rachelle M. Scott
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9781438427843
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (278 download)
Download or read book Nirvana for Sale? written by Rachelle M. Scott and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2009-09-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the relationship between material prosperity and spirituality in contemporary Thai Buddhism.
