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Encre Marine Shobogenzo: Uji / Je Suis Temps
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£23.00
Rabsel Editions Working With the Emotions
Book SynopsisEmotions are an inherent component of human beings. They have an undeniable impact in our lives and sometimes make us act in a regrettable manner. Buddhism shows us the methods to “take back” control from our emotions, and be free of their hold on us. In undergoing a process of change, we can achieve true freedom. It is a gradual inner change in our mind that will allow us to understand the causes of emotions and how they influence our thoughts, speech, and action, giving us appreciation for the importance of knowing our own true nature.
£13.25
Rabsel Editions A Garland of Gold: The Early Kagyu Masters in India and Tibet
Book SynopsisA Garland of Gold is a history of the early masters of the great Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, such as Saraha, Naropa, Marpa, Milarepa and their spiritual heirs. This history represents the testament of the Kagyu lineage forefathers, showing us how they developed devotion and confidence in their gurus, received the inspiration of the dakini messengers, obtained the precious lineages, attained the vision of mahamudra, and spread the keys to enlightenment. Their songs, also translated here, though incomplete without a master’s textual transmission, offer a connection with the world of mahamudra. Lama Jampa Thaye's account of the early masters is based on the histories composed by Pawo Tsuklak Trengwa (1504-1566), Go Lotsawa (1392-1481) and Pema Karpo (1527-1592). He received the transmissions and teachings of the Kagyu forefathers from Karma Thinley Rinpoche and his other gurus such as Ato Rinpoche and Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. The Kagyu tradition is one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism alongside the Sakya, Nyingma and Gelug. It rose to prominence in the eleventh and twelfth centuries C.E. some one and a half millenia after the passing of Lord Buddha and remains one of the great spiritual transmission available in the world today. This book offers a remarkable look into the origins of this world.
£12.56
Brepols N.V. Art, Architecture and Religion Along the Silk
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£84.55
Brepols N.V. Aspects of Research Into Central Asian Buddhism:
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£59.85
Brepols N.V. A Study of the Buddhist Sutra Called Sakiz Yukmak
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£114.00
Librarie Philosophique J. Vrin Qu'est-Ce Que l'Ignorance Metaphysique (Dans La
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£13.87
£51.12
Institut belge des hautes etudes chinoises Traite Sur l'Inepuisable Lampe du Zen: Torei et
Book SynopsisLes ecoles Zen japonaises sont surtout connues par l'entremise de travaux de vulgarisation qui mentionnent les pionniers de l'epoque de Kamakura (1185-1333). La realite des ecoles Zen, telles qu'elles subsistent dans le Japon actuel, presentent cependant un visage bien plus complexe que ne le voudraient les schematisations habituelles. Il s'avere en particulier que l'evolution de ces traditions au cours de l'epoque d'Edo (1600-1867) a faconne leurs structures institutionnelles et a conduit a des transformations considerables sur le plan doctrinal. La maniere dont la pratique est concue dans l'ecole Rinzai a en particulier subi une refonte en profondeur, dont les repercussions sont comparables a celles d'une "reforme".L'etude de Torei et la premiere traduction integrale de son oeuvre proposent un regard nouveau sur l'ecole Rinzai de cette periode en donnant la parole a l'un des plus eminents disciples de Hakuin Ekaku. Le texte propose en traduction revele comment cette tradition est concue de l'interieur. Cet ouvrage permet de situer la tradition Rinzai dans l'ensemble de la pensee bouddhique et propose quelques cles pour comprendre cette branche vivante du bouddhisme japonais dans son contexte. Il remet en question l'image d'un enseignement allergique a l'etude et montre tout en nuances en quoi consiste le chemin concret de la quete du soi selon cette tradition. Comporte une edition annotee du texte original, un index et une abondante bibliographie.
£105.45
Institut belge des hautes etudes chinoises La Conversion de L'Orient: Une Peregrination
Book SynopsisLa figure de Bodhidharma, le mythique fondateur du bouddhisme Chan (Zen), n'a cesse d'etre inventee et reinventee a travers toute l'Asie orientale, de l'epoque medievale a nos jours. Prenant pour point de depart un moment bien precis de cette histoire, la Chine de la fin des Ming, l'ouvrage evoque les premieres hagiographies en langue vulgaire consacrees au religieux, avant d'analyser un roman fleuve publie a Suzhou en 1635 et intitule " La Conversion de l'Orient ". Cette peregrination vers l'est du patriarche indien depeint un Bodhidharma qui, loin d'incarner la radicalite religieuse souvent pretee au Chan, se fait le heraut des valeurs confuceennes les plus conformistes. Le saint bonze devient, au fil de ce recit, le pivot autour duquel gravitent humains egares, demons tentateurs, esprits animaux, maitres de pratiques religieuses et queteurs de perfection. Le bouddhisme, bien que relativise par sa mise en perspective comme un des " Trois enseignements " (bouddhisme, taoisme, confucianisme) occupe neanmoins une place centrale dans le roman : les techniques de meditation propagees par le Chan, le respect bouddhique de la vie animale et sa consequence dietetique, le vegetarisme, y occupent une place de choix qui montre la profonde penetration de ces themes et pratiques dans la societe chinoise du temps. La " Conversion de l'Orient ", au carrefour de la litterature didactique et du genre alors en vogue du roman en langue vulgaire, s'emploie a concilier les besoins de l'edification et ceux de la composition d'un recit fantastique de longue haleine. L'identification de ses sources et influences et la reconstitution detaillee de son histoire editoriale permettent de mieux comprendre le statut social, culturel et religieux de l'ecriture narrative en Chine a la veille des temps modernes. On trouvera en annexe la traduction d'un large extrait de l'?uvre originale.
£68.00
Institut belge des hautes etudes chinoises Legend and Legitimation: the Formation of Tendai
Book SynopsisDuring his nine-month stay in China, the Japanese monk Saicho (767-822) was alleged to have been initiated into an illustrious esoteric lineage starting from a prestigious Indian Esoteric patriarch. It is also believed that Saicho's Chinese mentor, based on three esoteric texts translated by the Indian Patriarch, transmitted to him some particular forms of esoteric teachings, the core of which is preserved in one of the two "dharma-transmission documents" from Saicho's teacher. This is the conventional view regarding the roots of Tendai Esoteric Buddhism in Japan. This book subjects this conventional view to a critical examination. It argues that the two "dharma-transmission documents" were not written by Saicho's Chinese mentor, but were prepared in Japan for strengthening the legitimacy of the initiation Saicho received from China. The three siddhi texts attributed to the Indian patriarch were also composed in Japan as the scriptural support for Saicho's esoteric transmission. The Tendai form of Esotericism in the name of Saicho was for the main part created not by Saicho himself but by his followers. These negative conclusions can be turned into a positive agenda for future research of Japanese Tendai Buddhism. Scholars can turn from a fruitless search for the roots of Tendai Esotericism in China to look more closely in Japan. This study may invite more scholarly attention to a host of Buddhist apocrypha which, long regarded as Chinese, were actually produced in Japan or Korea. This book also addresses issues of larger implications for East Asian religions, including the manufacturing process of the so-called Buddhist apocrypha and their roles, lineage construction for the purpose of religious legitimation and of overcoming borderland complexes, application of overarching theoretic patterns in different religious traditions.
£54.26
Springer International Publishing AG The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra: A Philosophical
Book SynopsisThe Lotus Sūtra is one of the most important sūtras in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Translated by Kumārajīva in the 5th century, its teachings have inspired many Buddhist scholars such as Chih-i and Saichō from the Tiantai (Tendai) tradition, Dōgen from the Zen tradition and Nichiren the 13th century Kamakura founder and reformer. There is a relative lack of scholarly works that are devoted to an examination of how its philosophical ideas were received and developed throughout history. This book remedies that lack by tracing the origin and development of Lotus Sūtra thought, and interprets the text from the perspective of the doctrine of Buddha-nature in Mahāyāna Buddhism.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Philosophy of the Lotus SūtraChapter 3: The Lotus Sūtra in China Chapter 4: The Lotus Sūtra in JapanChapter 5: The Lotus Sūtra TodayChapter 6: Conclusion
£28.49
Springer International Publishing AG Dōgen’s texts: Manifesting Religion and/as
Book SynopsisThis book addresses the question of how to properly handle Dōgen’s texts, a core issue that became critical during the Meiji period in which the philosophical appropriation of Dōgen became apparent inside and outside of the monastery. In present day Dōgen studies, most scholarship is informed by a number of factions representing Dōgen. The chapters herein address: the Zennist (j. zenjōka) emphasising practice, the Genzōnians (j. genzōka) shifting the attention to the close reading of Dōgen’s texts, the laity movement opening up both the texts and the practice to people in modern society, and the Genzō researchers (j. genzō kenkyūka) searching for the authenticity and truth of Dōgen’s writings. The book aims to clarify the rightful place of Dōgen: in the monastery, in denominational studies, or in modern academic philosophy? It brings forth various viewpoints on Dōgen, and analyzes the relations of these viewpoints from the premodern to modern times. The collected volume appeals to students and researchers in the field while establishing hermeneutic standards of reading and proposing new, original, and critical interpretations of Dōgen’s texts.Chapter From Uji to Being-time (and Back): Translating Dōgen into Philosophy is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsSteve Heine: A Critical History of Interpretations of an Ambiguous Shōbōgenzō SentenceAldo Tollini: Dōgen and the Buddhist WayGeorge Wrisley: Dōgen as Philosopher, Dōgen’s Philosophical Zen.Ralf Müller: Incorporating Dogen as philosopher? The example of Nishida Kitaro.Eitan Bolokan: Interpretive Sensibilities in Do̅gen's “Genjo̅ko̅an”. Negotiating the Path Between Textual Authority and CreativenessRussell Guilbault: Dōgen as Philosopher, Metaphysician, and Metaethicist.Andrei Van der Braak: Philosopher, Religious Thinker or Theologian?: Engaging Dōgen beyond Zen ModernismLaurentiu Andrei: The Practice of Time and the Time of Practice. Dōgen and Marcus-Aurelius on Impermanence and SelfLaura Specker: Do Not Lose the Rice: Dōgen Through the Eyes of Contemporary Western Zen Women Leesa S Davis Deakin: Engaging with Dōgen’s texts: the nonduality of philosophy and religionZuzana Kubovčáková: Uji: Analysis of Dōgen’s Language Style as the Formation Ground for his PhilosophyRaji Steineck: From Uji to Being-time (and Back). Translating Dōgen into PhilosophyFelipe Cuervo: On Flowing While Being. The (Mereo)Logical Structure of Dōgen’s Conception of TimeRein Raud: Thinking the Now: Dōgen’s Thought between Philosophy and Praxis
£98.99
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Towards a «Ludu» Theology: A Critical Evaluation
Book SynopsisThis book attempts to develop a theological response to the suffering of people in Myanmar (Burma). For this purpose, a Burmese word Ludu is used to indicate the common people and a Buddhist term Dukkha will be employed to refer to their suffering. We can see the Ludu as a dukkha-ridden people in Myanmar context. Why do they suffer? Is their suffering the root cause of sin or the consequence of kamma – one’s deed, word or thought? As a Buddhist-dominated country, how do Buddhists respond their suffering? What about Christian minority’s response to this harsh situation? Can the Ludu, both Christians and Buddhists, see how God is revealed in the midst of their suffering? In terms of suffering under oppression, Minjung (people/mass) in the Korean context is somewhat similar to the situation of the Ludu in Myanmar. In the 1970s, Minjung theology emerged during the era of military dictatorship in South Korea. How can Minjung theology be relevant for evolving a Ludu theology in Myanmar?Trade Review«Khawsiama’s book can be regarded as an innovative achievement for Asian theology, a challenge for further discussion not just in the field of theology and – hopefully – a starting point for a new critical discourse on the contextualisation of the Christian faith in its intellectualised form vis-à-vis society and other religions.» (Dr. Hans-Bernd Zöllner)Table of ContentsContents: A Critical Evaluation of Minjung Theology – Towards A Ludu Theology For Myanmar.
£60.39
De Gruyter Fragments of the Tocharian A Maitreyasamiti-Nataka of the Xinjiang Museum, China
Book SynopsisTRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.
£249.38
De Gruyter Buddhism and the Dynamics of Transculturality: New Approaches
For over 2500 years, Buddhism was implicated in processes of cultural interaction that in turn shaped Buddhist doctrines, practices and institutions. While the cultural plurality of Buddhism has often been remarked upon, the transcultural processes that constitute this plurality, and their long-term effects, have scarcely been studied as a topic in their own right. The contributions to this volume present detailed case studies ranging across different time periods, regions and disciplines, and they address methodological challenges as well as theoretical problems. In addition to casting a spotlight on topics as diverse as the role of trade contacts in the early spread of Buddhism, the hybrid nature of religious practices in Japan or Indo-Tibetan relations in Tibetan polemical literature, the individual papers jointly raise the question as to whether there might be something distinct about how Buddhism steers and influences forms of cultural exchange, and is in turn shaped by modalities of cultural interaction throughout Asian, as well as global, history. The volume is intended to demonstrate the need for investigating transcultural dynamics more closely in the study of Buddhism, and to suggest new avenues for Buddhist Studies.
£90.25
De Gruyter Framing Intellectual and Lived Spaces in Early
Book SynopsisThe contributions to this book address a series of ‘confrontations’—debates between intellectual communities, the interplay of texts and images, and the intersection of monumental architecture and physical terrain—and explore the ways in which the legacy of these encounters, and the human responses to them, conditioned cultural production in early South Asia (c. 4th-7th centuries CE). Rather than an agonistic term, the book uses ‘confrontation’ as a heuristic to examine historical moments within this pivotal period in which individuals and communities were confronted with new ideas and material expressions. The first half of the volume addresses the intersections of textual, material, and visual forms of cultural production by focusing on three primary modes of confrontation: the relation of inscribed texts to material media, the visual articulation of literary images and, finally, the literary interpretation and reception of built landscapes. The second part of the volume focuses on confrontations both within and between intellectual communities. The articles address the dynamics between peripheral and dominant movements in the history of Indian philosophy.
£98.74
De Gruyter Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in
Book SynopsisIn premodern Japan, legitimization of power and knowledge in various contexts was sanctioned by consecration rituals (kanjō) of Buddhist origin. This is the first book to address in a comprehensive way the multiple forms and aspects of these rituals also in relation to other Asian contexts. The multidisciplinary chapters in the book address the origins of these rituals in ancient Persia and India and their developments in China and Tibet, before discussing in depth their transformations in medieval Japan. In particular, kanjō rituals are examined from various perspectives: imperial ceremonies, Buddhist monastic rituals, vernacular religious forms (Shugendō mountain cults, Shinto lineages), rituals of bodily transformation involving sexual practice, and the performing arts: a history of these developments, descriptions of actual rituals, and reference to religious and intellectual arguments based on under-examined primary sources. No other book presents so many cases of kanjō in such depth and breadth. This book is relevant to readers interested in Buddhist studies, Japanese religions, the history of Japanese culture, and in the intersections between religious doctrines, rituals, legitimization, and performance.
£77.90
de Gruyter Katalog Chinesischer Buddhistischer Textfragmente
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£134.09
de Gruyter Das Mahaparinirvaasutra Teil III Textbearbeitung
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£134.09
de Gruyter Ein Buddhistisches Yogalehrbuch Textband
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£134.09
de Gruyter Ein Buddhistisches Yogalehrbuch Tafelband
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£134.09
de Gruyter Zwei Zentralasiatische Fragmente des Buddhacarita
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£134.09
de Gruyter The Doctrine of the Buddha
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£117.50
de Gruyter Die Fragmente Der Jatakamala In Der
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£134.09
JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Der Buddhismus in Japan: Geschichte, Lehre,
Book SynopsisAls erster Autor überhaupt erörtert Christoph Kleine in einer Gesamtschau die Besonderheiten der japanischen Religionsgeschichte kritisch unter systematisch religionswissenschaftlichen Gesichtspunkten, indem er die historischen Fakten mit Fragestellungen und Theorien der allgemeinen Religionswissenschaft verknüpft.
£74.28
Kohlhammer Religionen Und Weltfrieden: Friedens- Und
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£42.00
Kohlhammer Der Buddhismus III: Ostasiatischer Buddhismus Und
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£128.25
Kohlhammer Der Buddhismus II: Theravada-Buddhismus Und
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£126.35
Tvz - Theologischer Verlag Zurich Kirchen, Sekten, Religionen: Religiose
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£31.00
Theologischer Verlag Komparative Theologie: Interreligiose Vergleiche
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£29.25
Tvz Theologischer Verlag Zurich AG Buddhistische Interpretationen Jesu: Eine
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£63.00
Pano Verlag Westostlicher Bruckenschlag: Literatur, Religion
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£23.00
Aschendorff Verlag Kenologische Versuche: Der Johannesprolog
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£103.73
Harrassowitz The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism: A
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£94.70
Harrassowitz The Mongolian Manuscripts on Birch Bark from
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£149.15
Harrassowitz From Conflict to Conciliation: Tibetan Policy
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£118.75
Harrassowitz Denken Und Handeln Des Son: Zur Begrundung Des
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£47.50
Harrassowitz Reflecting Mirrors: Perspectives on Huayan
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£89.30
Harrassowitz The Mongolian Manuscripts on Birch Bark from
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£118.75
Harrassowitz Die Verkleinerung Der Yakhautboote:
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£60.80
Harrassowitz Studien Zur Bodhisattvavadanakalpalata: Texte Und
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£57.95
Harrassowitz Mazzo Di Fiori: Festschrift for Herbert Hoffmann
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£61.00
Harrassowitz Hindu and Buddhist Initiations in India and Nepal
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£71.25
Harrassowitz Beginnings of Buddhist Ethics: The Chinese
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£47.50
Harrassowitz The Life of the Buddha: Woodblock Illustrated
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£95.00
Harrassowitz Avatamsaka Buddhism in East Asia: Huayan, Kegon,
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£98.80
Harrassowitz Examination Into the True Teaching: Vidyanandin's
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£87.40
