1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454812303321

Autore

Karma-gliṅ-pa <14th cent.>

Titolo

The Tibetan book of the dead [[electronic resource] ] : or, The after-death experiences on the Bardo plane, according to Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English rendering / / compiled and edited by W.Y. Evans-Wentz ; with a new foreword and afterword by Donald S. Lopez, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000

ISBN

1-280-83341-6

0-19-803051-7

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Evans-WentzW. Y <1878-1965.> (Walter Yeeling)

Disciplina

294.3/423

Soggetti

Death - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies - China - Tibet Autonomous Region

Intermediate state - Buddhism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL COMMENTARY; INTRODUCTORY FOREWORD; FOREWORD: The Science of Death; INTRODUCTION; BOOK I: THE CHIKHAI BARDO AND THE CHÖNYID BARDO; PART I: THE BARDO OF THE MOMENTS OF DEATH; PART II: THE BARDO OF THE EXPERIENCING OF REALITY; BOOK II: THE SIDPA BARDO; PART I: THE AFTER-DEATH WORLD; PART II: THE PROCESS OF REBIRTH; THE APPENDIX; ADDENDA; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The Tibetan Book of the Dead is one of the texts that, according to legend, Padma-Sambhava was compelled to hide during his visit to Tibet in the late 8th century. The guru hid his books in stones, lakes, and pillars because the Tibetans of that day and age were somehow unprepared for their teachings. Now, in the form of the ever-popular Tibetan Book of the Dead, these teachings are constantly being discovered and rediscovered by Western readers of many different backgrounds--a phenomenon which began in 1927 with Oxford's first edition of Dr. Evans-Wentz's landmark volume. While it is traditio



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781189603321

Autore

Aguilar-San Juan Karin <1962->

Titolo

Little Saigons [[electronic resource] ] : staying Vietnamese in America / / Karin Aguilar-San Juan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8166-7030-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

305.895

305.895/922073

305.89592

305.895922073

Soggetti

Vietnamese Americans - Ethnic identity

Vietnamese Americans - Social conditions

Community life - United States

Geographical perception - United States

Place attachment - United States

Vietnamese Americans - California - Orange County - Social conditions

Vietnamese Americans - Massachusetts - Boston - Social conditions

United States Ethnic relations Case studies

Orange County (Calif.) Ethnic relations Case studies

Boston (Mass.) Ethnic relations Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Where does Viet Nam end and America begin? -- Producing and constructing Vietnamese America -- Q: nationality? A: Asian -- Like a dream I can never forget : remembering and commemorating the past -- What's good for business is good for the community : packaging and selling Vietnamese America -- Implications for community and place -- Conclusion: How do you stay Vietnamese in America?.

Sommario/riassunto

With a comparative and race-cognizant approach, Karin Aguilar-San Juan shows how places like Little Saigon and Fields Corner are sites for the simultaneous preservation and redefinition of Vietnamese identity.



Intervening in debates about race, ethnicity, multiculturalism, and suburbanization as a form of assimilation, she elaborates on the significance of place as an integral element of community building and its role in defining Vietnamese American-ness.