Hardships and Downfall of Buddhism in India
Author: Giovanni Verardi
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 523
ISBN-13: 9789814345668
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Giovanni Verardi
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 523
ISBN-13: 9789814345668
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: K. T. S. Sarao
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788121512411
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: D. C. Ahir
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9789380852263
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Andrea Acri
Publisher: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Published: 2016-09-05
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9814695084
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume advocates a trans-regional, and maritime-focused, approach to studying the genesis, development and circulation of Esoteric (or Tantric) Buddhism across Maritime Asia from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries ce. The book lays emphasis on the mobile networks of human agents (‘Masters’), textual sources (‘Texts’) and images (‘Icons’) through which Esoteric Buddhist traditions spread. Capitalising on recent research and making use of both disciplinary and area-focused perspectives, this book highlights the role played by Esoteric Buddhist maritime networks in shaping intra-Asian connectivity. In doing so, it reveals the limits of a historiography that is premised on land-based transmission of Buddhism from a South Asian ‘homeland’, and advances an alternative historical narrative that overturns the popular perception regarding Southeast Asia as a ‘periphery’ that passively received overseas influences. Thus, a strong point is made for the appreciation of the region as both a crossroads and rightful terminus of Buddhist cults, and for the re-evaluation of the creative and transformative force of Southeast Asian agents in the transmission of Esoteric Buddhism across mediaeval Asia.
Author: Kurt Behrendt
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2014-02-01
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 1588395499
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Paul R. Fleischman
Publisher: Pariyatti Publishing
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 59
ISBN-13: 1928706223
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, this thought-provoking essay explores the Buddha's teaching to find one prescription: not war, not pacifism but nonviolence.
Author: Gail Omvedt
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Published: 2014-04-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788132110286
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →SAGE Classics is a carefully selected list that every discerning reader will want to possess, re-read and enjoy for a long time. These are now priced lower than the original, but is the same version published earlier. SAGE`s commitment to quality remains unchanged. This fascinating book constitutes a unique exploration of 2,500 years of the development of Buddhism, Brahmanism and caste in India. Taking Dr Ambedkar`s interpretation of Buddhism as its starting point, Dr Gail Omvedt has researched both the original source of the Buddhist cannon and recent literature to provide an absorbing account of the historical, social, political and philosophical aspects of Buddhism. In the process, she discusses a wide range of important issues of current concern. Dr Omvedt maintains that the revolutionary audacity of Dalit leaders such as Dr B,R. Ambedkar, despite their often subversive reinterpretation of the Buddhist tradition, is in tune with the basic ethos of original Buddhism. Ambedkar found his own middle way by avoiding both the straitjacket of the Marxist ideological response to suppression and the tame reformist within the fold of Hinduism. Since there has always been a struggle of hegemony between competing religious systems, the author argues that given the ascendant position of Buddhism from the 4th century BC to the 6th century AD, ancient India should actually be described as ‘Buddhist India’ and not ‘Hindu India’. Providing an entirely new interpretation of the origins and development of the caste system, which boldly challenges the ‘Hindutva’ version of history, this book will attract a wide readership among all those who are concerned with the state of contemporarty India’s policy and social fabric.
Author: John Clifford Holt
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9788120832695
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →John Holt's groundbreaking study examines the assimilation, transformation, and subordination of the Hindu deity Visnu within the contexts of Sri Lankan history and Sinhala Buddhist religious culture. Holt argues that political agendas and social forces, as much as doctrinal concerns, have shaped the shifting patterns of the veneration of Visnu in Sri Lanka. Holt begins with a comparative look at the assimilation of the Buddha in Hinduism. He then explores the role and rationale of medieval Sinhala kings in assimilating Visnu into Sinhala Buddhism. Offering analyses of texts, many of which have never before been translated into English, Holt considers the development of Visnu in Buddhist literature and the changing practices of deity veneration. Shifting to the present, Holt describes the efforts of contemporary Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka to discourage the veneration of Visnu, suggesting that many are motivated by a reactionary fear that their culture and society will soon be overrun by the influences and practices of Hindus, Muslims, and Christians.