Author: Surendra Man BajracharyaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism and culture
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Buddhist Heritage of Northern Nepal
Author: Surendra Man BajracharyaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism and culture
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Chörten in Nepal
Author: Niels GutschowPublisher: Dom Publishers
ISBN: 9783869227429
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
For more than two millennia Buddhism shaped the cultures of Central, South, Southeast, and East Asia. Each territory had its own peculiar way of developing representations of the Buddha, the Bodhisattvas, and a variety of guardian deities and saints. Of particular importance is the representation of the Buddha and his teachings in an iconic form in the shape of an impassable building. Called Stupa in Sanskrit, and Chörten in Tibetan, these structures not only characterize the urban space of the Newars in the Kathmandu Valley. They also mark the access to Tibetan villages in northern Nepal, line the trails across high passes, and stud topographically prominent places. By their thousands, they transform wilderness into a landscape that promises shelter, protection, and well-being. 584 maps, architectural drawings, and photographs, produced from 1970 to 2008, document the rich cultural heritage of the Tibetan and Tamang enclaves along the range of the high Himalaya.
A Buddhist Guide to the Power Places of the Kathmandu Valley
Author: Keith DowmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
With reference to Kathmandu Valley in Nepal; includes traveler information.
The Buddhist Heritage of Nepal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Contributed articles.
Homeland of the Buddha
Author: John Tosan McKinnonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780994113108
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Homeland of the Buddha is a guide for those visiting the major sites of Buddhism which lie on the great plain of the Ganges in India and Nepal. The main emphasis is the life of the Buddha; how each location was significant during his time; and how that history came to be known in the modern world. The book is useful for those wish to travel, as well as those who seek to know where and how the Buddha taught, two and a half thousand years ago. Although it discusses some aspects of the Buddha's teachings, it does not seek to be a book about Buddhism. Detailed maps and numerous colour images enliven the text. A chapter is devoted to each Buddhist site. The first section of each chapter summarises the reason why that place has significance and details how the Buddha, and other individuals contributed to our knowledge of that place. The 'Today' section of each chapter details what the modern traveller can see in each location, in the sequence that they experience them. Every visitor to India is changed, no matter how much, or how little, they may be cossetted by luxury, or how little they are attuned to the realities of life which India forces on them. It is a truism that India alters the way people think about themselves and their lives. In that sense any travel to India is a pilgrimage. How much more so therefore, when your travel is directed to walking the same paths as one of the world's greatest teachers and more so, if your intent is towards self-awareness. Whether you plan to travel in person, or in the mind, 'Homeland of the Buddha' will inform your journey. So that, whatever your intention, the one who returns will be different from the one who set forth. When touring the country of the Buddha, we all carry the metaphorical staff of a pilgrim. The author has visited the holy Buddhist places numerous times since the 1960s and has travelled extensively in Asia, the Himalaya and Tibet. For more than twenty years he has been a practitioner of Zen Buddhism. As a young man, he worked for several years as a doctor in the Mount Everest region of Nepal and has been involved with Sir Edmund Hillary's development work in Nepal since that time.'Homeland of the Buddha' brings this lifetime experience of Asia into focus as a practical, informative guide to the major Buddhist sites of India and Nepal.
Sugata Saurabha
Author: Chitta Dhar HridayaPublisher:
ISBN: 0195341821
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
The Sugata Saurabha is an epic poem that retells the story of the Buddha's life. It was published in 1947 in the Nepalese language, Newari, by Chittadhar Hridaya, one of the greatest literary figures of 20th-century Nepal. The text is remarkable for its comprehensiveness, artistry, and nuance. It covers the Buddha's life from birth to death and conveys his basic teachings with simple clarity. It is also of interest because, where the classical sources are silent, Hridaya inserts details of personal life and cultural context that are Nepalese. The effect is to humanize the founder and add the t.
The Gods of Northern Buddhism
Author: Alice GettyPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486255750
Category : Art
Languages : bn
Pages : 350
Book Description
Invaluable reference covers names, attributes, symbolism, representations of deities in Mahayana pantheon of China, Japan, Tibet, etc. 185 illus.
The arts of Nepal II.
Author: Pratapaditya PalPublisher: Brill Archive
ISBN: 9789004057500
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Harvard Oriental Series
Author: The Mardzong Manuscripts
Author: Agnieszka Helman-WażnyPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900444372X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
In The Mardzong Manuscripts Agnieszka Helman-Ważny and Charles Ramble recount the discovery of a cache of Bön and Buddhist manuscripts, some over seven centuries old, in the remote Mardzong caves in Mustang, Nepal, and subsequent research on the collection.