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  • - Towards an Understanding of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke
    af Rory Mackenzie
    565,95 - 2.019,95 kr.

    The new Buddhist religious movements of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke, emerged 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.

  • - Commitment, Connection, Community
    af Caroline Starkey
    550,95 - 1.732,95 kr.

  • - A Virtues Approach
    af India) Sahni & Pragati (University of Delhi
    692,95 - 1.828,95 kr.

    Presents a logical examination of the metaphysical and ethical dimensions of early Buddhist literature. This book determines the meaning of nature in the early Buddhist context from general Buddhist teachings on dhamma, paticcasamuppada, samsara and the cosmogony of the "Agganna Sutta".

  • - Its Evolution from Early Buddhism to the Trikaya Theory
    af Guang Xing
    700,95 - 1.736,95 kr.

    This book presents an analysis of one of the fundamental Mahayana Buddhist teachings, namely the three bodies of the Buddha (the Trikaya Theory), which is considered the foundation of Mahayana philosophy.

  • - Transcending the Boundaries
     
    3.358,95 kr.

    Including a foreword by the Dalai Lama, this book explores the interface between Buddhist studies and the uses of Buddhist principles and practices in psychotherapy and consciousness studies. It also presents a collection of articles that illustrate the potential of Buddhist informed social sciences in contemporary society.

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    1.582,95 kr.

    Interdisciplinary in its approach, this book explores the dilemmas that Buddhism faces in relation to the ethnic conflict and violence in Sri Lanka. Prominent scholars in the fields of anthropology, history, Buddhist studies and Pali examine multiple dimensions of the problem. This book discusses Buddhist responses to the crisis in detail.

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    1.833,95 kr.

    The medieval period of Japanese religious history is commonly known as one in which there was a radical transformation of the religious culture. This book suggests an alternate approach to understanding the dynamics of that transformation. It also focuses on what Buddhism meant for medieval Japanese peoples themselves.

  • - Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars
     
    673,95 kr.

    Contains works by scholars of Buddhism, themselves Buddhist, who seek to apply the critical tools of the academy to reassess the truth and transformative value of their tradition in its relevance to the contemporary world.

  • - Tantric Subjects
    af Charles (University of Glasgow Orzech
    1.098,95 kr.

    This book reconceptualizes the historiography of East Asian Buddhism by shifting the focus of analysis from philosophical texts and doctrine to ritual and practice.

  • af Patrice (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Ladwig
    1.098,95 kr.

    Laos remains one of the few officially socialist countries in the world. Once a Buddhist kingdom, its involvement into the Vietnam War, the communist revolution of 1975 and the subsequent introduction of reformed socialism have deeply affected Buddhism, the religion of the ethnic majority. With a historical and anthropological focus on the religious field in the capital Vientiane, the book follows these transformations and extrapolates the ruptures and continuities of Buddhist religious life from 1958 to the present.

  • - A Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun
    af Dan Lusthaus
    725,95 - 1.862,95 kr.

  • - Mabja Jangchub Tsoendru and the Traditions of the Middle Way
    af Thomas (University of Lausanne Doctor
    1.582,95 kr.

  • - Transplantation, Development and Adaptation
    af David N. Kay
    498,95 - 1.582,95 kr.

    This book analyses the transplantation, development and adaptation of the two largest Tibetan and Zen Buddhist organisations currently active on the British religious landscape.

  • - The I of the Beholder
    af Sue Hamilton-Blyth
    709,95 - 2.388,95 kr.

    This work focuses on the relationship between identity and perception in early Buddhism, drawing out and explaining the way they relate in terms of experience. It presents a picture of these issues in the context of Buddhist teachings as a whole and suggests they represent what Buddha taught.

  • - Buddhist-Christian Dialogues in Honor of Frederick J. Streng
    af Paul Ingram & Sallie B. King
    595,95 - 1.735,95 kr.

    Offers essays and dialogues by well-known Buddhist and Christian scholars on topics that were of primary interest to Frederick J. Streng, in whose honour the volume was created.

  • - Seeing and Knowing in the Art of Indian Buddhism
    af Jacob N. Kinnard
    692,95 - 2.305,95 kr.

    This work focuses on the Buddhist visual practices surrounding the visual representation of a single, central concept, "prajna" - or wisdom - in medieval north India.

  • - A Translation and Study of the Purnavadana
    af Joel Tatelman
    411,95 - 1.167,95 kr.

    By providing an annotated translation of, and applying the methods of literary criticism to, a first-century account of the life of the saint Purna, this study introduces the reader to a genre which has played an essential role in Buddhist self-understanding for over 2000 years.

  • af Victoria
    669,95 - 2.396,95 kr.

    Explores the intimate relationship between Japanese institutional Buddhism and militarism during the Second World War.

  • - Ethical Practice and Religious Reform
    af Lauren Leve
    557,95 - 1.925,95 kr.

  • - Territory, Sovereignty and Sexual Difference in the Inventions of Angkor
    af Ashley Thompson
    560,95 - 1.828,95 kr.

  • - A Tibetan Madhyamaka Defence
    af Paul Williams
    594,95 - 2.300,95 kr.

    This work traces Mi pham's position in his commentary on the Bodhicaryavatara, the attack of one of his opponents, and his response. It also indicates ways in which the controversy over the nature of awareness may be important within the context of rDzogs chen thought and practice.

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    1.734,95 kr.

    The chapters in this book examine the many different colonial contexts and regimes that Theravada Buddhists experienced, not just those of European powers such as the British, French, but also the internal colonialism of China and Thailand.

  • - The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon
    af Carol Anderson
    591,95 - 1.475,95 kr.

    Demonstrates how the four noble truths are used thorughout the Pali canon as a symbol of Buddha's enlightenment and as a doctrine within a larger network of Buddha's teachings.

  • - New Studies in Engaged Buddhism
    af Christopher Queen
    581,95 - 2.513,95 kr.

    These essays chart the emergence of a new chapter in an ancient faith - the rise of social service and political activism in Buddhist Asia and the West. Engaged Buddhists have sought new ways to comfort society's oppressed communities.

  • af Damien Keown
    711,95 - 1.735,95 kr.

    This volume brings together the views of leading scholars on a range of controversial subjects including human rights, animal rights, ecology, abortion, euthanasia, and contemporary business practice.

  • - Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship
    af Duncan Ryuken Williams & Christopher S. Queen
    648,95 - 2.403,95 kr.

    This work examines the emergence of American Buddhism as a significant research field. Issues examined include: identity in Asian-American Buddhism; the new Buddhism; Buddhism and American culture; and the scholar's place in American Buddhist studies.

  • - Studies in the Philosophy of the Bodhicaryavatara
    af Paul Williams
    639,95 - 2.300,95 kr.

    In this paper, Williams seeks to engage in a critical way with some central issues of Buddhist thought relating to the coherence of a reductionist model of the person. He argues for an irreducible subject-involvement of pain-statements.

  • af Charles S. Prebish, Damien Keown & Wayne R. Husted
    638,95 - 2.305,95 kr.

    The political, ethical and philosophical questions surrounding human rights are debated vigorously in political and intellectual circles throughout the world and now in this volume.

  • - Swimming Against the Stream
    af Karma Lekshe (University of San Diego) Tsomo
    656,95 - 1.582,95 kr.

    Combines the voices of scholars and practitioners in documenting and analysing Buddhist women's history. The book includes 26 articles - written by a range of Asian, Asian-American and Western Buddhists - which document the lives of women who have set in motion changes within Buddhist societies.

  • - A Buddhist Inspiration for Contemporary Psychotherapy
    af Gay Watson
    505,95 kr.

    Presents Buddhist philosophy and practice as a resource for psychotherapy which is responsive to the needs for a three-way dialogue between Buddhism, psychotherapy and contemporary discourse.