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UNINA9910454812303321 |
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Karma-gliṅ-pa <14th cent.> |
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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 |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000 |
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1-280-83341-6 |
0-19-803051-7 |
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Edizione |
[4th ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (377 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Evans-WentzW. Y <1878-1965.> (Walter Yeeling) |
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Death - Religious aspects - Buddhism |
Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies - China - Tibet Autonomous Region |
Intermediate state - Buddhism |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-256) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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 |
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UNINA9910781189603321 |
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Autore |
Aguilar-San Juan Karin <1962-> |
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Little Saigons [[electronic resource] ] : staying Vietnamese in America / / Karin Aguilar-San Juan |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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305.895 |
305.895/922073 |
305.89592 |
305.895922073 |
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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 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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?. |
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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. |
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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. |
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