The Venerable Phra Acharn Mun Bhuridatta Thera, Meditation Master
Title | The Venerable Phra Acharn Mun Bhuridatta Thera, Meditation Master PDF eBook |
Author | Boowa Ñāṇasampanno (Phra Mahā.) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 319 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Buddhist priests |
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The Venerable Phra Acharn Mun Bhuridatta Thera, Meditation Master
Title | The Venerable Phra Acharn Mun Bhuridatta Thera, Meditation Master PDF eBook |
Author | Man Burithattā Thera (Phra Āčhān) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 319 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Buddhist monks |
ISBN |
Venerable Ācariya Mun Bhūridatta Thera
Title | Venerable Ācariya Mun Bhūridatta Thera PDF eBook |
Author | Ajaan Mahā Boowa Ñāṇasampanno |
Publisher | Forest Dhamma Publications |
Total Pages | 529 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9749200748 |
Ajaan Mun is a towering figure in contemporary Thai Buddhism. He was widely revered during his lifetime for the extraordinary courage and determination he displayed in practicing the ascetic way of life and for his uncompromising strictness in teaching his many disciples. The epitome of a wandering monk intent on renunciation and solitude, he assumed an exalted status in Buddhist circles, his life and teachings becoming synonymous with the Buddha’s noble quest for self-transcendence.
Buddhism and Postmodern Imaginings in Thailand
Title | Buddhism and Postmodern Imaginings in Thailand PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Taylor |
Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | 268 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780754662471 |
This book presents a rethink on the significance of Thai Buddhism in an increasingly complex and changing post-modern urban context, especially following the financial crisis of 1997. Defining the cultural nature of Thai 'urbanity'; the implications for local/global flows, interactions and emergent social formations, James Taylor opens up new possibilities in understanding the specificities of everyday urban life as this relates to perceptions, conceptions and lived experiences of religiosity. Changes in the centre are also reverberating in the remaining forests and the monastic tradition of forest-dwelling which has sourced most of the nation's modern saints. The text is based on ethnography taking into account the rich variety of everyday practices in a mélange of the religious. In Thailand, Buddhism is so intimately interconnected with national identity and social, economic and ethno-political concerns as to be inseparable. Taylor argues here that in recent years there has been a marked reformulation of important conventional cosmologies through new and challenging Buddhist ideas and practices. These influences and changes are as much located outside as inside the Buddhist temples/monasteries.
Buddhist Meditation
Title | Buddhist Meditation PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Shaw |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 257 |
Release | 2006-04-18 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1134242034 |
It will primarily be of interest to those that study Buddhism at a post-graduate level - extracts from the book are already being used as teaching material for an MA in Religious Studies Fills the gap for a textbook in Early Buddhism - which is taught in American universities Of interest to the growing market of educated Buddhists who want to read around the subject First anthology to explore all meditation objects in early Buddhism Features new translations of actual texts, not merely commentaries
The Zen Monastic Experience
Title | The Zen Monastic Experience PDF eBook |
Author | Robert E. Buswell Jr. |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | 289 |
Release | 2020-07-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 069121610X |
Robert Buswell, a Buddhist scholar who spent five years as a Zen monk in Korea, draws on personal experience in this insightful account of day-to-day Zen monastic practice. In discussing the activities of the postulants, the meditation monks, the teachers and administrators, and the support monks of the monastery of Songgwang-sa, Buswell reveals a religious tradition that differs radically from the stereotype prevalent in the West. The author's treatment lucidly relates contemporary Zen practice to the historical development of the tradition and to Korean history more generally, and his portrayal of the life of modern Zen monks in Korea provides an innovative and provocative look at Zen from the inside.
The Oxford Handbook of Meditation
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Meditation PDF eBook |
Author | Miguel Farias |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 1038 |
Release | 2021-09-09 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 019880864X |
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