Making buddhism (95 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Contemplates the role of Buddhist temples in the nurturing of immigrant communitiesSince the 1970s, tens of thousands of Vietnamese immigrants have settled in Louisiana, Florida, and other Gulf Coast states, rebuilding lives that were upended by the wars in Indochina. For many, their faith has been an essential source of community and hope. But how have their experiences as migrants influenced their religious practices and interpretations of Buddhist tenets? And how has organized religion shaped their understanding of what it means to be Vietnamese in the United States?This ethnographic study follows the monks and lay members of temples in the Gulf Coast region who practice Pure Land Buddhism, which is prevalent in East Asia but in the United States is less familiar than forms such as Zen. By treating the temple as a site to be made and remade, Vietnamese Americans have developed approaches that sometimes contradict fundamental Buddhist principles of nonattachment. This book considers the adaptation of Buddhist practices to fit American cultural contexts, from temple fundraising drives to the rebranding of the Vu Lan festival as Vietnamese Mother?s Day. It also reveals the vital role these faith communities have played in helping Vietnamese Americans navigate challenges from racial discrimination to Hurricane Katrina.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. An examination of medieval Chinese Buddhist thanatonic practices. Bridging area studies and the history of religions, Teiser explores the concerns, practices and beliefs of 9th- and 10th-century Chinese Buddhists.

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PAPERBACK. Second printing. 260pp, octavo. cover wear, tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good-.

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism fundamentally rethinks the nature of the transgressive theories and practices of the Buddhist Tantric traditions, challenging the notion that the Tantras were "marginal" or primitive and situating them instead-both ideologically and institutionally-within larger trends in mainstream Buddhist and Indian culture. Critically surveying prior scholarship, Wedemeyer exposes the fallacies of attributing Tantric transgression to either the passions of lusty monks, primitive tribal rites, or slavish imitation of Saiva traditions. Through comparative analysis of modern historical narratives-that depict Tantrism as a degenerate form of Buddhism, a primal religious undercurrent, or medieval ritualism-he likewise demonstrates these to be stock patterns in the European historical imagination. Through close analysis of primary sources, Wedemeyer reveals the lived world of Tantric Buddhism as largely continuous with the Indian religious mainstream and deploys contemporary methods of semiotic and structural analysis to make sense of its seemingly repellent and immoral injunctions. Innovative, semiological readings of the influential Guhyasamaja Tantra underscore the text's overriding concern with purity, pollution, and transcendent insight-issues shared by all Indic religions-and a large-scale, quantitative study of Tantric literature shows its radical antinomianism to be a highly managed ritual observance restricted to a sacerdotal elite. These insights into Tantric scripture and ritual clarify the continuities between South Asian Tantrism and broader currents in Indian religion, illustrating how thoroughly these "radical" communities were integrated into the intellectual, institutional, and social structures of South Asian Buddhism.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents Introduction I The state and the public sphere 1 Transforming print culture and the public sphere 2 The colonial state and repression of the printed word II Three realms of print 3 Confucianism and vietnamese culture 4 Printing revolution spreading communism 5 From popular visions of paradise to the Buddhist revival Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index In this ambitious and pathbreaking book Shawn McHale challenges long held views that define modern Vietnamese history in terms of anticolonial nationalism and revolution McHale argues instead for a historiography that does not overstress either the role of politics in general or Communism in particular Using a wide range of sources from Vietnam France and the United States many of them previously unexploited he shows how the use of printed matter soared between 1920 and 1945 and in the process transformed Vietnamese public life and shaped the modern Vietnamese consciousness Print and Power begins with an overview of Vietnams lively public spheres bringing debates from Europe and the rest of Asia to Vietnamese studies with nuance and sophistication It examines the impact of the French colonial state on Vietnamese society as well as Vietnamese and East Asian understandings of public discourse and public space Popular taste rather than revolutionary or national ideology determined to a large extent what was published with limited intervention by the French authorities A Vibrant but hierarchical public realm of debate existed in Vietnam under authoritarian colonial rule The work goes on to contest the impact of Confucianism on premodern and modern Vietnam and based on materials never before used provides a radically new perspective on the rise of Vietnamese communism from 1929 to 1945 Novel interpretations of the Nghe Tinh soviets 1930-31 the first major communist uprising in Vietnam and Vietnamese communist successes in World War II reveal the process by which communists built an audience for their views and made an extremely alien ideology comprehensible to growing numbers of Vietnamese In what is by far the most thorough examination in English of modern Vietnamese Buddhism and its transformations McHale argues that contrary to received wisdom Buddhism was not in decline during the 1920-45 period; in fact more Buddhist texts were produced in Vietnam at that time than at any other in its history This finding suggests that the heritage of the Vietnamese past played a crucial role in the late colonial period Print and power makes a significant contribution to Vietnamese and Asian studies and will be of compelling interest to those in the fields of comparative religion and European colonialism jacket 256 pp.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.49x6.50x1.18 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 368 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470. . 2014. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. This multilayered historical ethnography of Bodh Gaya - the place of Buddha's enlightenment in the north Indian state of Bihar - explores the spatial politics surrounding the transformation of the Mahabodhi Temple Complex into a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2002. The rapid change from a small town based on an agricultural economy to an international destination that attracts hundreds of thousands of Buddhist pilgrims and visitors each year has given rise to a series of conflicts that foreground the politics of space and meaning among Bodh Gaya's diverse constituencies. David Geary examines the modern revival of Buddhism in India, the colonial and postcolonial dynamics surrounding archaeological heritage and sacred space, and the role of tourism and urban development in India. (jacket).…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 426 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.