Images of the Buddha are everywhere—not just in temples but also in museums and homes and online—but what these images mean largely depends on the background and circumstance of those viewing them. In Behold the Buddha, James Dobbins invites readers to imagine how premodern Japanese Buddhists understood and experienced icons in temple settings long before the advent of museums ...(展开全部)

Buddhist images are ubiquitous in Japan, yet they are rarely accorded much attention in studies of Buddhist monastic traditions. Scholars of religion tend to regard Buddhist images as mere symbols or representations of religious ideals, commemorations of saints and patriarchs, ancillary aids to meditative practice, or the focus of lay piety. Art historians approach these images...(展开全部)

Buddhist images are ubiquitous in Japan, yet they are rarely accorded much attention in studies of Buddhist monastic traditions. Scholars of religion tend to regard Buddhist images as mere symbols or representations of religious ideals, commemorations of saints and patriarchs, ancillary aids to meditative practice, or the focus of lay piety. Art historians approach these images...(展开全部)

From the fourteenth through the nineteenth centuries Japanese monks created hundreds of maps to construct and locate their place in a Buddhist world. This expansively illustrated volume is the first to explore the largely unknown archive of Japanese Buddhist world maps and analyze their production, reproduction, and reception. In examining these fascinating sources of visual an...(展开全部)

【早期佛教社會：釋迦牟尼的世界】 佛陀時代印度人的日常生活可能是何種樣貌？與 #佛陀 交流互動的又是哪些統治者、僧侶、哲學家、信眾與醫師？傳播佛教的訊息和僧伽制度的建立過程包括那些內容？宗派分裂、與婆羅門階級反對佛教的本質為何？ 我們對佛教的宗儀與戒律已有相當豐富的瞭解，對佛陀本人生活的背景卻知之甚微。巴利文的早期佛教典籍以其他佛教文獻，包括 #婆羅門 階級的文學，皆未曾有過的方式揭露了一個社會。研讀這些典籍，包括最早的佛塔藝術作品後，刘欣如主張「歷史上的佛陀」其實並不存在於多數人的想像中，即便佛教徒亦然。她在本書中填補這個對佛教理解的落差，逐步說明並消弭許多錯誤的概念。性別、宗教與古印度的種姓制度在這本內容豐富的著作中變得活靈活現，同時對佛陀身處的社會有平易近人且別出心裁的描述。《早期佛教社會：釋迦牟尼的世界》（Early Buddhist Soc...(展开全部)

【早期佛教社會：釋迦牟尼的世界】 佛陀時代印度人的日常生活可能是何種樣貌？與 #佛陀 交流互動的又是哪些統治者、僧侶、哲學家、信眾與醫師？傳播佛教的訊息和僧伽制度的建立過程包括那些內容？宗派分裂、與婆羅門階級反對佛教的本質為何？ 我們對佛教的宗儀與戒律已有相當豐富的瞭解，對佛陀本人生活的背景卻知之甚微。巴利文的早期佛教典籍以其他佛教文獻，包括 #婆羅門 階級的文學，皆未曾有過的方式揭露了一個社會。研讀這些典籍，包括最早的佛塔藝術作品後，刘欣如主張「歷史上的佛陀」其實並不存在於多數人的想像中，即便佛教徒亦然。她在本書中填補這個對佛教理解的落差，逐步說明並消弭許多錯誤的概念。性別、宗教與古印度的種姓制度在這本內容豐富的著作中變得活靈活現，同時對佛陀身處的社會有平易近人且別出心裁的描述。《早期佛教社會：釋迦牟尼的世界》（Early Buddhist Soc...(展开全部)

From the fourteenth through the nineteenth centuries Japanese monks created hundreds of maps to construct and locate their place in a Buddhist world. This expansively illustrated volume is the first to explore the largely unknown archive of Japanese Buddhist world maps and analyze their production, reproduction, and reception. In examining these fascinating sources of visual an...(展开全部)

A rose, a cross, a heart, and hundreds of other common items hold great symbolic value--their meanings as varied as they are powerful. This encyclopedic work explores the rich and diverse meanings of more than 2,000 symbols, delving into the power of symbols in the past and present worlds of mythology, fairy tales, religion, literature, history, and archaeology. Over 600 illust...(展开全部)

Classical Tibetan Buddhist scriptures forbid the selling of Buddhist objects, and yet there is today a thriving market for Buddhist statues, paintings, and texts. In Buddha in the Marketplace, Alex John Catanese investigates this practice, which continues to be viewed as a form of "wrong livelihood" by modern Tibetan Buddhist scholars. Drawing on textual and historical sources,...(展开全部)

Classical Tibetan Buddhist scriptures forbid the selling of Buddhist objects, and yet there is today a thriving market for Buddhist statues, paintings, and texts. In Buddha in the Marketplace, Alex John Catanese investigates this practice, which continues to be viewed as a form of "wrong livelihood" by modern Tibetan Buddhist scholars. Drawing on textual and historical sources,...(展开全部)