Buddhists : understanding Buddhism through the lives of practitioners / / edited by Todd Lewis ; cover image, Ts'ampa Nawang ; photograph by Nicolas Sihlé
| Buddhists : understanding Buddhism through the lives of practitioners / / edited by Todd Lewis ; cover image, Ts'ampa Nawang ; photograph by Nicolas Sihlé |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
| Disciplina | 294.3092/2 |
| Collana | Lived religions |
| Soggetto topico |
Buddhists
Buddhism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-32206-1
0-470-65817-7 1-118-32208-8 |
| Classificazione | REL007000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Eightfold Path and the Gradual Path; Pragmatic and Transcendental Buddhism; Part I Buddhists in the Earliest and Medieval Eras; Chapter 1 The Female Householder Mallika; Introduction:Mallika's Historical, Geographical, and Cultural Context; Mallika's Biography; Reflections on How This Individual's Life Relates to the Buddhist Community; Chapter 2 Bhadda Kundalakesa: The Ex-Jain; Introduction; The Biographical Details of Bhadda Kundalakesa in Other Texts; Conclusion
Chapter 3 Two Noted Householders of the Buddha's Time: Upasika Vishakha and Upasaka AnathapindikaAnathapindika the Upasaka; Vishakha the Upasika; Chapter 4 Nagarjuna: The Great Philosopher; Introduction; Second-Century Mathura; Mahayana Traditions in Mathura; Monastic Life in Mathura; Nagarjuna, a Brahmin Monk; Nagarjuna in Andhra Pradesh; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Who Is Uncle Donpa?; Introduction; Uncle Donpa and Trickster Tales in Tibet; Traditional Interpretations; Contemporary Interpretations; Conclusions; Chapter 6 Ma-chig Lab-dron: Mother of Tibetan Buddhist Chod The Life Story of Ma-chig Lab-dronMa-chig Lab-dron's Teachings; Spiritual Innovator: Chod Tradition; The Legacy of Ma-chig Lab-dron; Part II Buddhist Lives in the West; Chapter 7 I.B. Horner and the Twentieth-Century Development of Buddhism in the West; Introduction: Colonial Context, the Centrality of Texts, and the Authority of European Scholarship; Theravada Buddhism and the Pali Canon; The Rhys Davids and the Pali Text Society; Joining the Pali Text Society; Assuming Leadership of the Pali Text Society; Participation in Buddhist Groups Was Horner a Buddhist or just an Advocate of Buddhist Views?Conclusion; Chapter 8 Takyu: A Young Buddhist Nun at a Ch'an Temple in the English Midlands; Introduction; Life History; The Monastery; The Ordination; Monastic Temple Religious Practices; Forms of Pragmatic Buddhism; Conclusion; Chapter 9 Refuge and Reconnection: One Lao Woman's Story; Introduction; Refuge and Reconnection; Conclusion; Chapter 10 Conversion, Devotion, and (Trans-)Mission: Understanding Ole Nydahl; Introduction; Early Life: Conversion, Training, and Mission; First Charismatic Phase: Foundations (1972-1982) Second Charismatic Phase: Transition (1982-1992)"Twenty Years on the Road": The Making of a Lama; Third Charismatic Phase:The Global Schism and Diamond Way Expansion (1992-2007); Conclusion: Observations on a Late-Charismatic Movement in Transition; Chapter 11 Noah Levine: Punk Rocker and Buddhist Meditation Teacher; The Religious Biography of Noah Levine; Early Life: Drugs, Alcohol, Jail, and Punk Rock Music; Turning Point: Becoming a "Spiritual Person"; Committing to Buddhism; Mixing Punk with Buddhism: The Teaching Style of Noah Levine Noah Levine's Life Story and Its Relation to the Buddhist Tradition |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453428603321 |
| Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A cultural history of Japanese Buddhism / / William E. Deal and Brian Ruppert
| A cultural history of Japanese Buddhism / / William E. Deal and Brian Ruppert |
| Autore | Deal William E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina | 294.30952 |
| Collana | Wiley Blackwell Guides to Buddhism |
| Soggetto topico |
Buddhism - Japan - History
Buddhism and culture - Japan - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-60833-X
1-4051-6701-7 |
| Classificazione | REL007000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Overview of the Book; Chapter 1: Early Historical Contexts (Protohistory to 645); Chapter 2: Ancient Buddhism (645-950); Chapter 3: Early Medieval Buddhism (950-1300): The Dawn of Medieval Society and Related Changes in Japanese Buddhist Culture; Chapter 4: Late Medieval Buddhism (1300-1467): New Buddhisms, Buddhist Learning, Dissemination and the Fall into Chaos; Chapter 5: Buddhism and the Transition to the Modern Era (1467-1800); Chapter 6: Modern Buddhism (1800-1945); Chapter 7: Buddhism Since 1945
On Translation Conventions; References; Chapter 1 Early Historical Contexts (Protohistory to 645); Buddhism's Transmission to Yamato: The Nihon shoki Narrative; Buddhism in the China Sea interaction sphere; Buddhist transmission routes: imperial narratives and private receptions; Conflicting dates for the transmission of Buddhism to the Japanese archipelago; Buddhism as an object and Buddhism as its objects; The ideology of official transmission narratives; Foreign gods vs. indigenous gods; Queen Suiko and Senior Prince Shōtoku; Asuka Buddhism (552-645) Immigrants and the development of Asuka-period Buddhism Aristocratic family Buddhist patronage; Asuka-period Buddhist material culture and ritual practices; Asuka-period Buddhist images: The Shaka Triad; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2 Ancient Buddhism (645-950); Hakuhō Period Buddhism (645-710); Toward a state Buddhism; Establishment of state temples; State-sponsored Buddhist rituals; State control of the Buddhist monastic community; The problem of "state Buddhism" in the Hakuhō period; Nara-Period Buddhism (710-794); Buddhism in the permanent capital of a new nation A national temple system The regulation of monks and nuns; Nara monasticism and the state; Expressions of an ancient Japanese Buddhist worldview; Early Heian Period Buddhism (794-950); New capital, new lineages; The problem of Heian new Buddhism; Early Heian Buddhist lineages: Tendai; Early Heian Buddhist lineages: Shingon; Women in Ancient Japanese Buddhism; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3 Early Medieval Buddhism (950-1300): The Dawn of Medieval Society and Related Changes in Japanese Buddhist Culture; Middle Heian- and Late Heian-Period Buddhism (950-1185) Annual court ceremonies and envisioning a Buddhist ritual calendar The rising prominence of Tendai lineages and related shifts in Heian Buddhism; The advent of Pure Land Buddhist discourses and practices; Kami, Buddhas, and sacred space; Buddhist performance and the flowering of aesthetic traditions; Ritual knowledge, transmission, and the increasing prominence of esoteric Buddhist lineages; Japanese Buddhists within the East Asian cultural sphere; Scripture-copying, fund-raising campaigns, and the explosion of merit in the twelfth century; Early and Middle Kamakura-Period Buddhism (1185-1300) Late Heian Buddhist knowledge, proselytization, and "Kamakura Buddhisms" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162718703321 |
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
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