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A New Version of the Gāndhārī Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-birth Stories

2003 Purvayogas
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Book Synopsis A New Version of the Gāndhārī Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-birth Stories by : Timothy Lenz

Download or read book A New Version of the Gāndhārī Dharmapada and a Collection of Previous-birth Stories written by Timothy Lenz. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume continues the detailed examination of the British Library Kharosthi scrolls--extremely fragile and brittle fragments of manuscript on birch-bark rolls. Although their provenance is uncertain, there are strong indications that they came from Hadda in eastern Afghanistan and were most likely written in the early first century A.D. during the reign of the Saka rulers, making them the oldest known Buddhist manuscripts. Fragments 16 and 25 are two long, relatively narrow fragments that obviously belong to the same scroll. Two texts were written on the scroll, each by a different scribe. The first text, referred to as the Gandhari London Dharmapada, represents an anthology of verses well known in the Buddhist tradition. The second text is a series of stories concerning previous births of the Buddha and of some of his disciples. For more information go to the Early Buddhist Manuscript Project web site at http://www.ebmp.org/

Narrating Karma and Rebirth

2014-02-13 Body, Mind & Spirit
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Release : 2014-02-13
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Book Synopsis Narrating Karma and Rebirth by : Naomi Appleton

Download or read book Narrating Karma and Rebirth written by Naomi Appleton. This book was released on 2014-02-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how multi-life stories served to construct, communicate, and challenge ideas about karma and rebirth within early South Asia.

Sects & Sectarianism

2011-01-13 Religion
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Release : 2011-01-13
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Sects & Sectarianism by : Bhikkhu Sujato

Download or read book Sects & Sectarianism written by Bhikkhu Sujato. This book was released on 2011-01-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are there so many schools of Buddhism? Are the differences just cultural, or do they have fundamentally different visions of Dhamma? This work assesses the claims of the traditions, and takes into account to findings of modern scholarship. It pays special attention to the origins of the monastic orders. If we are to understand the differences, and sometimes tensions, between the schools of Buddhism today, we must examine more closely the forces that spurred their formation.

The Organization of Distance

2018-07-17 Poetry
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Release : 2018-07-17
Genre : Poetry
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Book Synopsis The Organization of Distance by : Lucas Klein

Download or read book The Organization of Distance written by Lucas Klein. This book was released on 2018-07-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a Chinese poem “Chinese”? Some call modern Chinese poetry insufficiently Chinese, saying it is so influenced by foreign texts that it has lost the essence of Chinese culture as known in premodern poetry. Yet that argument overlooks how premodern regulated verse was itself created in imitation of foreign poetics. Looking at Bian Zhilin and Yang Lian in the twentieth century alongside medieval Chinese poets such as Wang Wei, Du Fu, and Li Shangyin, The Organization of Distance applies the notions of foreignization and nativization to Chinese poetry to argue that the impression of poetic Chineseness has long been a product of translation, from forces both abroad and in the past.

Buddhism Across Asia

2014-04-02 Social Science
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Release : 2014-04-02
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Buddhism Across Asia by : Tansen Sen

Download or read book Buddhism Across Asia written by Tansen Sen. This book was released on 2014-04-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Buddhism across Asia is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and spread of Buddhism in Asia. It comprises a rich collection of articles written by leading experts in their fields. Together, the contributions provide an in-depth analysis of Buddhist history and transmission in Asia over a period of more than 2000 years. Aspects examined include material culture, politics, economy, languages and texts, religious institutions, practices and rituals, conceptualisations, and philosophy, while the geographic scope of the studies extends from India to Southeast Asia and East Asia. Readers' knowledge of Buddhism is constantly challenged by the studies presented, incorporating new materials and interpretations. Rejecting the concept of a reified monolithic and timeless 'Buddhism', this publication reflects the entangled 'dynamic and multi-dimensional' history of Buddhism in Asia over extended periods of 'integration,' 'development of multiple centres,' and 'European expansion,' which shaped the religion's regional and trans-regional identities." -- Max Deeg, Cardiff University "Buddhism Across Asia presents new research on Buddhism in comprehensive spatial and temporal terms. From studies on transmission networks to exegesis on doctrinal matters, linguistics, rituals and practices, institutions, Buddhist libraries, and the religion's interactions with political and cultural spheres as well as the society at large, the volume presents an assemblage of essays of breathtaking breadth and depth. The goal is to demonstrate how the transmission of Buddhist ideas serves as a cultural force, a lynchpin that had connected the societies of Asia from past to present. The volume manifests the vitality and maturity of the field of Buddhist studies, and for that we thank the editor and the erudite authors. " -- Dorothy C. Wong, University of Virginia

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