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Becoming the Buddha
The Ritual of Image Consecration in Thailand
Inbunden, 2004
1583 kr
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Becoming the Buddha is the first book-length study of a key ritual of Buddhist practice in Asia: the consecration of a Buddha image or "new Buddha," a ceremony by which the Buddha becomes present or alive. Through a richly detailed, accessible exploration of this ritual in northern Thailand, an …
Becoming the Buddha
The Ritual of Image Consecration in Thailand
E-bok, 2020
1170 kr
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Becoming the Buddha is the first book-length study of a key ritual of Buddhist practice in Asia: the consecration of a Buddha image or "new Buddha," a ceremony by which the Buddha becomes present or alive. Through a richly detailed, accessible exploration of this ritual in northern Thailand, an …
Ecology and the Environment
Perspectives from the Humanities
Häftad, 2009
143 kr
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The scientific, political, and economic policy debates about the global environmental crisis have tended to ignore its historical, ethical, religious, and aesthetic dimensions. This book redresses that omission by highlighting these humanistic components that are integral to the fabric of our …
Rethinking the Human
Av J. Michelle Molina, Donald K. Swearer
Häftad, 2010
143 kr
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In our globalized world, differing conceptions of human nature and human values raise questions as to whether universal and partisan claims and perspectives can be reconciled, whether interreligious and intercultural conversations can help build human community, and whether a pluralistic ethos can …
Ecologies of Human Flourishing
Av Donald K. Swearer, Susan Lloyd McGarry
Häftad, 2011
255 kr
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In this volume, prominent Buddhist scholar Donald Swearer posits that the future requires a radical shift toward living in recognition of the interdependence of all life forms and the consequent ethic of communality and a life style of moderation or “enoughness” that flows from that recognition, …
Buddhist World of Southeast Asia
Second Edition
Häftad, 2010
383 kr
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A wide-ranging, readable account of the Theravada Buddhist thought and practice in the Southeast Asian societies of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka.An unparalleled portrait, Donald K. Swearer's Buddhist World of Southeast Asia has been a key source for all those interested …
Buddhist World of Southeast Asia
Second Edition
Inbunden, 2010
1018 kr
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A wide-ranging, readable account of the Theravada Buddhist thought and practice in the Southeast Asian societies of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka.An unparalleled portrait, Donald K. Swearer's Buddhist World of Southeast Asia has been a key source for all those interested …
Sacred Mountains of Northern Thailand
And Their Legends
Av Donald K. Swearer, Sommai Premchit m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
372 kr
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The mountains of northern Thailand constitute part of northern Thai identity. They inspire fear and awe, respect and love, curiosity and creative imagination. They define both the physical and mental landscape of northern Thailand.Drawing on the legendary histories of three mountains in the …
Me and Mine
Selected Essays of Bhikkhu Buddhadasā
Av Bhikku Buddhadasa, Donald K. Swearer
Häftad, 1989
401 kr
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This work brings together in a single volume the translated essays of Buddhadasā Bhikkhu, the major interpreter of Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia.
Legend of Queen Cāma
Bodhiraṃsi's Cāmadevīvaṃsa, a Translation and Commentary
Av Donald K. Swearer, Sommai Premchit
Häftad, 1998
444 kr
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An English translation and a commentary on the chronicle of Queen Cama, an important but neglected female monarch who founded a dynasty in Northern Thailand.The Legend of Queen Cāma ( Cāmadevīvaṃsa), an early fifteenth-century Pali chronicle written by Mahathera Bodhiraṃsi, recounts the story of …
