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Abhedananda in India in 1906
written by Swami Abhedananda, 1866-1939 (Kolkata, West Bengal: Ramakrishna Order, 1996, originally published 1968), 281 page(s)
Swami Abhedananda went to the West at the clarion call of his beloved spiritual brother, Swami Vivekananda, for spiritual ministration from which he continued for over a quarter of a century. He paid a short visit to India, his motherland, in 1906 after a hard toil of ten years in the West and for seven months he...
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written by Swami Abhedananda, 1866-1939 (Kolkata, West Bengal: Ramakrishna Order, 1996, originally published 1968), 281 page(s)
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Swami Abhedananda went to the West at the clarion call of his beloved spiritual brother, Swami Vivekananda, for spiritual ministration from which he continued for over a quarter of a century. He paid a short visit to India, his motherland, in 1906 after a hard toil of ten years in the West and for seven months he made an extensive tour throughout India, from Colombo to Calcutta and from Calcutta to Bombay. This book contains the various lectures,...
Swami Abhedananda went to the West at the clarion call of his beloved spiritual brother, Swami Vivekananda, for spiritual ministration from which he continued for over a quarter of a century. He paid a short visit to India, his motherland, in 1906 after a hard toil of ten years in the West and for seven months he made an extensive tour throughout India, from Colombo to Calcutta and from Calcutta to Bombay. This book contains the various lectures, welcome addresses, and their replies by Swami Abhedananda during the said period of his short visit to India in the year 1906.
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Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Swami Abhedananda, 1866-1939
Date Published / Released
1968, 1996
Publisher
Ramakrishna Order
Person Discussed
Swami Vivekananda, 1863-1902
Topic / Theme
Vedanta, Hindu, Social Views, Hinduism, Spiritual Direction & Development, Sri Lankan, Indians (Asian)
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Activating Bodhichitta and a Meditation on Compassion
written by Dalai Lama, XIV, 1935- (Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 2006, originally published 1978), 67 page(s)
The awakening mind is the unsurpassable way to collect merit. To purify obstacles bodhicitta is supreme. For protection from interferences bodhicitta is supreme. It is the unique, all-encompassing method. Every
kind of ordinary and supra-mundane power can be accomplished through bodhicitta. Thus, it is absolutely...
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written by Dalai Lama, XIV, 1935- (Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 2006, originally published 1978), 67 page(s)
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The awakening mind is the unsurpassable way to collect merit. To purify obstacles bodhicitta is supreme. For protection from interferences bodhicitta is supreme. It is the unique, all-encompassing method. Every
kind of ordinary and supra-mundane power can be accomplished through bodhicitta. Thus, it is absolutely precious. Although compassion is cultivated in one’s own mind, the
embodiment of it is the deity known as Avalokiteshvara (Tib. Chan-...
The awakening mind is the unsurpassable way to collect merit. To purify obstacles bodhicitta is supreme. For protection from interferences bodhicitta is supreme. It is the unique, all-encompassing method. Every
kind of ordinary and supra-mundane power can be accomplished through bodhicitta. Thus, it is absolutely precious. Although compassion is cultivated in one’s own mind, the
embodiment of it is the deity known as Avalokiteshvara (Tib. Chan-re- zig). The various aspects that are visualized in meditation practices and represented in images and paintings are merely the interpretative forms of Avalokitephvara, whereas the actual definitive form is compassion itself.
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Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
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Gonsar Rinpoche, 1949-
Author / Creator
Dalai Lama, XIV, 1935-
Date Published / Released
1978, 2006
Publisher
Library of Tibetan Works & Archives
Person Discussed
Avalokiteśvara (Buddhist figure)
Topic / Theme
Tibetan Buddhist, Humanism/Philology, Enlightenment, Buddhism, Compassion, Tibetan
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006 Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
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Advice From Buddha Shakyamuni: An Abridged Exposition Of The Precepts For Bhikshus
written by Dalai Lama, XIV, 1935- (Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 2006, originally published 1996), 72 page(s)
This small volume on the discipline to be observed by monks following the Tibetan Buddhist tradition is based on the intermediary verses of the Vinaya Sutra.
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written by Dalai Lama, XIV, 1935- (Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh: Library of Tibetan Works & Archives, 2006, originally published 1996), 72 page(s)
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This small volume on the discipline to be observed by monks following the Tibetan Buddhist tradition is based on the intermediary verses of the Vinaya Sutra.
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Glenn H. Mullin, 1949-, Tsepak Rigzin, fl. 2005
Author / Creator
Dalai Lama, XIV, 1935-
Date Published / Released
1996, 2006
Publisher
Library of Tibetan Works & Archives
Person Discussed
Gautama Buddha, 480 BC-400 BC
Topic / Theme
Tibetan Buddhist, Humanism/Philology, Church, Authority, Governing/Disciplinary, Buddhism, Tibetan
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1982 Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
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All Else Is Bondage: Non-volitional Living (Second Edition)
written by Wei Wu Wei, 1895-1986 (Hong Kong (State): Hong Kong University Press, 1970, originally published 1964), 70 page(s)
In 34 powerful essays, Wei Wu Wei explains Taoist and Buddhist thought in the context of modern experience, using wit and precision to convey profound insight into the nature of existence.
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written by Wei Wu Wei, 1895-1986 (Hong Kong (State): Hong Kong University Press, 1970, originally published 1964), 70 page(s)
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In 34 powerful essays, Wei Wu Wei explains Taoist and Buddhist thought in the context of modern experience, using wit and precision to convey profound insight into the nature of existence.
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Wei Wu Wei, 1895-1986
Date Published / Released
1964, 1970
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press
Topic / Theme
Buddhist, Taoist, Buddhists, Attitudes toward, Taoism, Buddhism, Prayer & Meditation, Spiritual Direction & Development
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1970 Hong Kong Unniversity Press
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Religion In China; Universism. A Key To The Study Of Taoism And Confucianism
written by Jan Jakob Maria de Groot, 1854-1921, in American Lectures in the History of Religions (New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1912), 350 page(s)
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written by Jan Jakob Maria de Groot, 1854-1921, in American Lectures in the History of Religions (New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1912), 350 page(s)
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Jan Jakob Maria de Groot, 1854-1921
Date Published / Released
1912
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Series
American Lectures in the History of Religions
Person Discussed
Laozi, 604 BC-521 BC
Topic / Theme
Confucian, Buddhist, Taoist, Citizen, Duties of, Satan & Demons, Confucianism, Taoism, Asceticism, Chinese
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Gandharan Buddhism: Archaeology, Art, and Texts
written by Ellen M. Raven, fl. 2006, Anna Filigenzi, fl. 2006, Doris Meth Srinivasan, fl. 2006, Anna Maria Quagliotti, fl. 2006, Pia Brancaccio, fl. 2006, Robert L. Brown, fl. 2003, Juhyung Rhi, fl. 2006, Richard Salomon, fl. 2006, Shoshin Kuwayama, fl. 2006, Kurt Behrendt, fl. 2006, Pierfrancesco Callieri, fl. 2006, Maurizio Taddei, fl. 2006 and John M. Rosenfield, fl. 2006; edited by Kurt Behrendt, fl. 2006 and Pia Brancaccio, fl. 2006, in Asian Religions and Society Series (Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2006), 328 page(s)
The ancient region of Gandhara, with its prominent Buddhist heritage, has long fascinated scholars of art history, archaeology, and textual studies. Discoveries of inscriptions, text fragments, sites, and artworks in the last decade have added new pieces to the Gandharan puzzle, redefining how we understand the re...
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written by Ellen M. Raven, fl. 2006, Anna Filigenzi, fl. 2006, Doris Meth Srinivasan, fl. 2006, Anna Maria Quagliotti, fl. 2006, Pia Brancaccio, fl. 2006, Robert L. Brown, fl. 2003, Juhyung Rhi, fl. 2006, Richard Salomon, fl. 2006, Shoshin Kuwayama, fl. 2006, Kurt Behrendt, fl. 2006, Pierfrancesco Callieri, fl. 2006, Maurizio Taddei, fl. 2006 and John M. Rosenfield, fl. 2006; edited by Kurt Behrendt, fl. 2006 and Pia Brancaccio, fl. 2006, in Asian Religions and Society Series (Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2006), 328 page(s)
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The ancient region of Gandhara, with its prominent Buddhist heritage, has long fascinated scholars of art history, archaeology, and textual studies. Discoveries of inscriptions, text fragments, sites, and artworks in the last decade have added new pieces to the Gandharan puzzle, redefining how we understand the region and its cultural complexity.
The essays in this volume reassess Gandharan Buddhism in light of these findings, utilizing a multid...
The ancient region of Gandhara, with its prominent Buddhist heritage, has long fascinated scholars of art history, archaeology, and textual studies. Discoveries of inscriptions, text fragments, sites, and artworks in the last decade have added new pieces to the Gandharan puzzle, redefining how we understand the region and its cultural complexity.
The essays in this volume reassess Gandharan Buddhism in light of these findings, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach that illuminates the complex historical and cultural dynamics of the region. By integrating archaeology, art history, numismatics, epigraphy, and textual sources, the contributors articulate the nature of Gandharan Buddhism and its practices, along with the significance of the relic tradition. Contributions by several giants in the field, including Shoshin Kuwayama, John Rosenfield, and the late Maurizio Taddei, set the geographical, historical, and archaeological parameters for the collection.
The result is a productive interdisciplinary conversation on the enigmatic nature of Gandharan Buddhism that joins together a number of significant pieces in a complex cultural mosaic. It will appeal to a large and diverse readership, including those interested in the early Buddhist religious tradition of Asia and its art, as well as specialists in the study of South and Central Asian Buddhist art, archaeology, and texts.
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Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
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Kurt Behrendt, fl. 2006, Pia Brancaccio, fl. 2006
Author / Creator
Ellen M. Raven, fl. 2006, Anna Filigenzi, fl. 2006, Doris Meth Srinivasan, fl. 2006, Anna Maria Quagliotti, fl. 2006, Pia Brancaccio, fl. 2006, Robert L. Brown, fl. 2003, Juhyung Rhi, fl. 2006, Richard Salomon, fl. 2006, Shoshin Kuwayama, fl. 2006, Kurt Behrendt, fl. 2006, Pierfrancesco Callieri, fl. 2006, Maurizio Taddei, fl. 2006, John M. Rosenfield, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Series
Asian Religions and Society Series
Person Discussed
Gautama Buddha, 480 BC-400 BC
Topic / Theme
Buddhist, Arts, Bodhisattva, Buddhism, Devotional Objects, Relics & Sacramentals
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006 University of British Columbia Press
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Pilgrims, Patrons, and Place: Localizing Sanctity in Asian Religions
written by Françoise Mallison, 1940-, Jack Laughlin, fl. 2023, Karen I. Koppedrayer, 1958-, Véronique Bouillier, 1948-, Robert L. Brown, fl. 2003, Winand M. Callewaert, 1943-, Koichi Shinohara, 1941-, Phyllis Granoff, 1947-, Louis Gabaude, 1942-, Franciscus Verellen, 1952-, André Couture, 1945- and Heidi R. M. Pauwels, fl. 2019; edited by Koichi Shinohara, 1941- and Phyllis Granoff, 1947-, in Asian Religions and Society Series (Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2003), 389 page(s)
This book brings together essays by anthropologists, scholars of religion, and art historians to explore some of the most fundamental challenges that religious groups face as they expand from their homeland or confront the demands of modernity. The chapters span a broad geographical area that includes India, Nepal...
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written by Françoise Mallison, 1940-, Jack Laughlin, fl. 2023, Karen I. Koppedrayer, 1958-, Véronique Bouillier, 1948-, Robert L. Brown, fl. 2003, Winand M. Callewaert, 1943-, Koichi Shinohara, 1941-, Phyllis Granoff, 1947-, Louis Gabaude, 1942-, Franciscus Verellen, 1952-, André Couture, 1945- and Heidi R. M. Pauwels, fl. 2019; edited by Koichi Shinohara, 1941- and Phyllis Granoff, 1947-, in Asian Religions and Society Series (Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2003), 389 page(s)
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This book brings together essays by anthropologists, scholars of religion, and art historians to explore some of the most fundamental challenges that religious groups face as they expand from their homeland or confront the demands of modernity. The chapters span a broad geographical area that includes India, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, and China, and address issues from the classical and medieval period to the present. They show how sacred places...
This book brings together essays by anthropologists, scholars of religion, and art historians to explore some of the most fundamental challenges that religious groups face as they expand from their homeland or confront the demands of modernity. The chapters span a broad geographical area that includes India, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, and China, and address issues from the classical and medieval period to the present. They show how sacred places have a plurality of meanings for all religious communities and how in their construction, secular politics, private religious experience, and sectarian rivalry can all intersect.
A Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation Book on Buddhism and Comparative Literature.
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Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Koichi Shinohara, 1941-, Phyllis Granoff, 1947-
Author / Creator
Françoise Mallison, 1940-, Jack Laughlin, fl. 2023, Karen I. Koppedrayer, 1958-, Véronique Bouillier, 1948-, Robert L. Brown, fl. 2003, Winand M. Callewaert, 1943-, Koichi Shinohara, 1941-, Phyllis Granoff, 1947-, Louis Gabaude, 1942-, Franciscus Verellen, 1952-, André Couture, 1945-, Heidi R. M. Pauwels, fl. 2019
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Series
Asian Religions and Society Series
Person Discussed
Gautama Buddha, 480 BC-400 BC
Topic / Theme
Taoist, Hindu, Buddhist, Popular Devotions, Pilgrimage, Indians (Asian), Indonesians, Chinese, Thai, Nepali
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 University of British Columbia Press
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Le Beau Nanda
written by Aśvaghoṣa, 0080-0150 (Paris, Ile-de-France: L'Harmattan, 2019), 184 page(s)
L'ancienne littérature bouddhiste sanskrite, non canonique et poétique, n'est ni connue ni traduite en France. Le Beau Nanda, texte daté autour de l'an 100 de notre ère, est un exemple de ce genre littéraire. Il narre la lente conversion au bouddhisme de Nanda, le demi-frère du Bouddha. Jusqu'alors non dispo...
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written by Aśvaghoṣa, 0080-0150 (Paris, Ile-de-France: L'Harmattan, 2019), 184 page(s)
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L'ancienne littérature bouddhiste sanskrite, non canonique et poétique, n'est ni connue ni traduite en France. Le Beau Nanda, texte daté autour de l'an 100 de notre ère, est un exemple de ce genre littéraire. Il narre la lente conversion au bouddhisme de Nanda, le demi-frère du Bouddha. Jusqu'alors non disponible en français, ce poème fait suite à La Vie du Bouddha et représente, dans un style recherché, un intéressant témoignage du...
L'ancienne littérature bouddhiste sanskrite, non canonique et poétique, n'est ni connue ni traduite en France. Le Beau Nanda, texte daté autour de l'an 100 de notre ère, est un exemple de ce genre littéraire. Il narre la lente conversion au bouddhisme de Nanda, le demi-frère du Bouddha. Jusqu'alors non disponible en français, ce poème fait suite à La Vie du Bouddha et représente, dans un style recherché, un intéressant témoignage du moine bouddhiste Ashvaghosha.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Alain Poulter, fl. 2001
Author / Creator
Aśvaghoṣa, 0080-0150
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
L'Harmattan
Person Discussed
Gautama Buddha, 480 BC-400 BC
Topic / Theme
Buddhist, Arts, Buddhism
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2019 L'Harmattan
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Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community in a Korean American Temple
written by Sharon A. Suh, fl. 2004 (Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2004), 250 page(s)
Challenging Western notions of Buddhism as a self-effacing path to rebirth and enlightenment, Sharon Suh shows how first-generation Korean Americans at Sa Chal Temple in Los Angeles have applied Buddhist doctrines to the project of finding and knowing the self in everyday life. Buddhism, for these Buddhists, serve...
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written by Sharon A. Suh, fl. 2004 (Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2004), 250 page(s)
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Challenging Western notions of Buddhism as a self-effacing path to rebirth and enlightenment, Sharon Suh shows how first-generation Korean Americans at Sa Chal Temple in Los Angeles have applied Buddhist doctrines to the project of finding and knowing the self in everyday life. Buddhism, for these Buddhists, serves as a source of empowerment and as a wellspring of practical and spiritual relief from myriad everyday troubles. Painful life events a...
Challenging Western notions of Buddhism as a self-effacing path to rebirth and enlightenment, Sharon Suh shows how first-generation Korean Americans at Sa Chal Temple in Los Angeles have applied Buddhist doctrines to the project of finding and knowing the self in everyday life. Buddhism, for these Buddhists, serves as a source of empowerment and as a wellspring of practical and spiritual relief from myriad everyday troubles. Painful life events and circumstances--psychological stresses, marital discord, adjustments to immigrant life, racial and religious minority status--prompt a turning toward religion in an effort to build self-esteem. The process of coming to find and know the self initiates a transformation that, far from taking future rebirths as its focus, enables the self to enact change in the present. Oral histories from twenty-five men and twenty-five women also offer unexpected insights into distinctly male and female forms of Buddhist worship. As a commentary on ethnicity, Being Buddhist in a Christian World challenges much of the existing literature in Asian American studies by placing religion at the center and illustrating its importance for shaping ethnic identity. Not only does Suh ask how Korean American identity might be grounded in religion, she goes on to examine the implications of this grounding when the religious tradition is considered to be socially marginal.
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Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Sharon A. Suh, fl. 2004
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Topic / Theme
Christian, Buddhist, Women, Attitudes toward, Women, Social & Religious Role of, Buddhism, Americans, Korean
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Copyright © 2004 University of Washington Press
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The Bhagavad Gita (Annotated) (Eighth Printing 2004)
(New York, NY: Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center, 2004, originally published 1944), 401 page(s)
The Bhagavad Gita
Swami Nikhilananda. "May this majestic poem find its way into the familiar literary friendship of many readers and contribute to the sense of spiritual kinship with the most gifted people of Asia, akin to us both in blood and language." From the Foreword by Dr. Hocking
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(New York, NY: Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center, 2004, originally published 1944), 401 page(s)
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The Bhagavad Gita
Swami Nikhilananda. "May this majestic poem find its way into the familiar literary friendship of many readers and contribute to the sense of spiritual kinship with the most gifted people of Asia, akin to us both in blood and language." From the Foreword by Dr. Hocking
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Swami Nikhilananda, 1895-1973
Date Published / Released
1944, 2004
Publisher
Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center
Person Discussed
Adi Shankara, 0788-0820, Arjuna
Topic / Theme
Hindu, Citizen, Duties of, Brahman, Spiritual Direction & Development, Dharma, Krishna, Bhagavad Gita, Indians (Asian)
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Copyright © 2004 Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center
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