This book offers a new interpretation of the relationship between 'insight practice' (satipatthana) and the attainment of the four jhànas (i.e., right samàdhi), a key problem in the study of Buddhist meditation. The author challenges the traditional Buddhist understanding of the four jhànas as states of absorption, and shows how these states are the actualization and embodiment...(展开全部)

In the early 400s, numerous Indian and Central Asian Buddhist “meditation masters” (chanshi) traveled to China, where they established the first enduring traditions of Buddhist meditation practice in East Asia. The forms of contemplative practice that these missionaries brought with them, and which their Chinese students further developed, remained for several centuries the bas...(展开全部)

In the early 400s, numerous Indian and Central Asian Buddhist “meditation masters” (chanshi) traveled to China, where they established the first enduring traditions of Buddhist meditation practice in East Asia. The forms of contemplative practice that these missionaries brought with them, and which their Chinese students further developed, remained for several centuries the bas...(展开全部)

Contemplation, Kafka's first published book (1913), was one of the few to appear in his lifetime. Composed of eighteen short prose poems, the book as a whole displays the full range of Kafka's compact metaphorical style. In this new translation, Blahut has been faithful to the original German while rendering it in a fresh, contemporary English. This edition is complimented by e...(展开全部)

Contemplation, Kafka's first published book (1913), was one of the few to appear in his lifetime. Composed of eighteen short prose poems, the book as a whole displays the full range of Kafka's compact metaphorical style. In this new translation, Blahut has been faithful to the original German while rendering it in a fresh, contemporary English. This edition is complimented by e...(展开全部)

Named for two primary motifs in Buddhist art, the sacred bodhi tree and the protective snake, Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India is the first publication to foreground devotional works produced in the Deccan from 200 BCE to 400 CE. Unlike traditional narratives, which focus on northern India (where the Buddha was born, taught, and died), this groundbreaking book presen...(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)

The earliest Buddhist art of China can only be understood when seen in relation to a wider area comprising Central Asia and India. This is exactly the purpose of the underlying volume. Presenting the earliest Buddhist art of China in its wider context of the Bactrian and Southern Silk Road regions in Central Asia (1st to 4th century A.D.), the author offers clarifications of th...(展开全部)

Named for two primary motifs in Buddhist art, the sacred bodhi tree and the protective snake, Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India is the first publication to foreground devotional works produced in the Deccan from 200 BCE to 400 CE. Unlike traditional narratives, which focus on northern India (where the Buddha was born, taught, and died), this groundbreaking book presen...(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)