The Mumonkan, translated as The Gateless Gate, is a collection of 48 Zen koans compiled in the early 13th century by the Chinese Zen master Mumon Ekai (1183-1260). Along with the Blue Cliff Record, The Gateless Gate is a central work of the Rinzai School of Zen Buddhism. The common theme of the koans of Mumon Ekai, nature of dualistic ......
Ornament, Emotion, Zombies and the Study of Buddhism in Thailand
A collection of essays engaging with Buddhism in Thailand and the virtues of distraction and variety within the materialist turn in studies of religion. In Thailand, Buddhism is deeply integrated into national institutions and ideologies, making it tempting to think of Buddhism in Thailand as a textual, institutional, cultural, and conceptual ......
A new history of Buddhism that highlights the insights and experiences of women from diverse communities and traditions around the world Buddhist traditions have extended over a period of twenty-five centuries, and recent decades have seen an unprecedented spread of Buddhism globally.
In his classic work on the subject, perennialist author Frithjof Schuon explores the vast and varied landscape that is Buddhism. Every reader interested in Buddhism from whatever angle will here find much that speaks to his or her condition. Schuon presents Buddhism not as an historical artifact of the past, but as a living spiritual force. In ......
Hua-yen is regarded as the highest form of Buddhism by most modern Japanese and Chinese scholars. This book is a description and analysis of the Chinese form of Buddhism called Hua-yen (or Hwa-yea), Flower Ornament, based largely on one of the more systematic treatises of its third patriarch. Hua-yen Buddhism strongly resembles Whitehead's ......
Metaphysics, Argumentation, and Identity in Rongzom's Dzokchen
Identifying the roots of the Tibetan Practice of Buddhist Philosophy in one seminal text When, and why, did Tibetans first begin to practice Buddhist philosophy? What was the impetus behind this pivotal cultural development, now so inextricable from Tibetan identity? Dominic Sur illuminates this defining historical moment with his examination ......
Metaphysics, Argumentation, and Identity in Rongzom's Dzokchen
Identifying the roots of the Tibetan Practice of Buddhist Philosophy in one seminal text When, and why, did Tibetans first begin to practice Buddhist philosophy? What was the impetus behind this pivotal cultural development, now so inextricable from Tibetan identity? Dominic Sur illuminates this defining historical moment with his examination ......
Urban Religion and Minority Politics at the Asian Borderlands of Russia
"Between the Buddha and the New Tsar is an ethnography of contemporary urban Buddhism in Buryatia, Russian Federation. In this ethnically and religiously diverse borderland region, Buryat Buddhists are caught between the oppressive, militant Russian regime and the tenacity of local religious and cultural forms."-- Provided by publisher.
Urban Religion and Minority Politics at the Asian Borderlands of Russia
"Between the Buddha and the New Tsar is an ethnography of contemporary urban Buddhism in Buryatia, Russian Federation. In this ethnically and religiously diverse borderland region, Buryat Buddhists are caught between the oppressive, militant Russian regime and the tenacity of local religious and cultural forms."-- Provided by publisher.
