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Patrons And Patriarchs - Regional Rulers And Chan Monks During The Five Dynasties And Ten Kingdoms

by Benjamin Brose

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 Against the historical backdrop of the tenth century, Patrons and Patriarchs explores the nature and function of Chan lineage systems, the relationships between monastic and lay families, and the place of patronage in establishing identity and authority in monastic movements.
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Conceiving The Indian Buddhist Patriarchs In China

by Stuart H. Young

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 The first attempt to situate the medieval Chinese hagiographies of Asvaghosa, Nagarjuna, and Aryadeva in the context of Chinese religion, culture, and society of the time. The book examines these sources not as windows into ancient Indian history but as valuable records of medieval Chinese efforts to define models of Buddhist sanctity.
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Hokkeji And The Reemergence Of Female Monastic Orders In Premodern Japan

by Lori R. Meeks

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 Hokkeji, an ancient Nara temple that once stood at the apex of a state convent network established by Queen-Consort Komyo (701-760), possesses a history that in some ways is bigger than itself. Lori Meeks explores the revival of Japanâ€™s most famous convent, an institution that endured some four hundred years of decline following its establishment.
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The Poetry Demon - Song-Dynasty Monks On Verse And The Way

by Robert E. Buswell, Jr.

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 Chinese Buddhist monks of the Song dynasty (960-1279) called the irresistible urge to compose poetry 'the poetry demon'. In this ambitious study, Jason Protass seeks to bridge the fields of Buddhist studies and Chinese literature to examine the place of poetry in the lives of Song monks.
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Approaching The Land Of Bliss - Religious Praxis In The Cult Of Amitabha

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 It could be argued that cultic practices associated with particular buddhas and bodhisattvas are more representative of the way Buddhists conceive of their relation to tradition. This volume aims to explore this aspect of Buddhism by focusing on one of its most important cults, that of the Buddha AmitÃ¢bha.
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Ryogen And Mount Hiei - Japanese Tendai In The Tenth Century

by Paul Groner

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 Focuses on the transformation of the Tendai School from a small and impoverished group of monks in the early ninth century to its emergence as the most powerful and influential school of Japanese Buddhism in the last half of the tenth century - a position it would maintain throughout the medieval period.
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Precepts, Ordinations, And Practice In Medieval Japanese Tendai

by Paul Groner

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 A landmark collection of essays by Paul Groner, one of the leading authorities on Tendai Buddhism, that examines the medieval Tendai School to uncover the differences in understanding and interpreting monastic precepts and ordinations.
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Memory, Music, Manuscripts - The Ritual Dynamics Of Koshiki In Japanese Soto Zen

by Michaela Mross

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 Combines the study of premodern manuscripts and woodblock prints with ethnographic fieldwork to illuminate the historical development of the highly musical koshiki rituals performed by Soto Zen clerics.
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Wild Man From Borneo - A Cultural History Of The Orangutan

by Helen Tiffin

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 Offers the first comprehensive history of the human-orangutan encounter. Beginning with the scientific discovery of the red ape more than three hundred years ago, this work goes on to examine the ways in which its human attributes have been both recognised and denied in science, philosophy, travel literature, popular science, literature, theatre, museums, and film.
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Right Thoughts At The Last Moment - Buddhism And Deathbed Practices In Early Medieval Japan

by Jacqueline I. Stone

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 Buddhists across Asia have often aspired to die with a clear and focused mind, as the historical Buddha himself is said to have done. This book explores how the ideal of dying with right mindfulness was appropriated, disseminated, and transformed in premodern Japan, focusing on the late tenth to early fourteenth centuries.
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The Making Of A Savior Bodhisattva - Dizang In Medieval China

by Zhiru

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 In modern Chinese Buddhism, Dizang is especially popular as the sovereign of the underworld. The author is concerned with the formative period of this important Buddhist deity, before his underworldly aspect eclipses his connections to other religious expressions and at a time when the art, mythology, practices, and texts of his cult were still replete with possibilities.
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Observances, Feasts, And Scripts - The Varieties Of Zhai In Chinese Buddhism From The Second To The Tenth Century

by Yi Ding

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How Zen Became Zen - The Dispute Over Enlightenment And The Formation Of Chan Buddhism In Song-Dynasty China

by Judy Rohrer

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Soto Zen In Medieval Japan

by William M. Bodiford

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How Buddhism Spread In Japan, 650â€“850

by Bryan D. Lowe

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Ritualized Writing - Buddhist Practice And Scriptural Cultures In Ancient Japan

by Bryan D. Lowe e Robert E. Buswell Jr

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 Takes readers into the world of Japanese Buddhist manuscript cultures. Using sources that have received scant attention in English, primarily documents from an eighth-century Japanese scriptorium and colophons from sutra manuscripts, Bryan Lowe uncovers the ways in which the transcription of Buddhist scripture was a highly ritualized endeavour.
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Precepts, Ordinations, And Practice In Medieval Japanese Tendai

by Paul Groner e Robert E. Buswell Jr.

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 A landmark collection of essays by Paul Groner, one of the leading authorities on Tendai Buddhism, that examines the medieval Tendai School, which dominated Japanese Buddhism at that time, to uncover the differences in understanding and interpreting monastic precepts and ordinations.
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Time And Language - New Sinology And Chinese History

by Joan Judge

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 Argues for and demonstrates the significance of 'New Sinology' by bringing language/philology back into the research and understanding of how modern China emerged, and presenting a host of concrete, in-depth, case studies, in which the use of 'New Sinology' sheds new light on Chinese history.
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Infrastructure And The Remaking Of Asia

by Hallam Stevens

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 Offers an understanding of how technological innovation, geopolitical ambitions, and social change converge and cross-fertilize through infrastructure projects in Asia. This volume illustrates the multifaceted connections between infrastructure and three global paradigm shifts: climate change, digitalization, and China's emergence as a superpower.
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Infrastructure And The Remaking Of Asia

by Anto Mohsin, Gokce Gunel, Hallam Stevens, Jessica Lockrem, Max Hirsh, Mia M. Bennett, Tim Oakes e Tobias Marschall

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 Offers an understanding of how technological innovation, geopolitical ambitions, and social change converge and cross-fertilize through infrastructure projects in Asia. This volume illustrates the multifaceted connections between infrastructure and three global paradigm shifts: climate change, digitalization, and China's emergence as a superpower.
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The Text Of The Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, 2 Volume Set

by Philip Comfort

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Luke-Acts In Modern Interpretation

by Ron Fay

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The Patient'S Survival Guide - Seven Key Questions For Navigating The Medical Maze

by Edward H Morgan, Jr.

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Red Chaos

by Edwin D. Fuller

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