Aspects of Research Into Central Asian Buddhism

Aspects of Research Into Central Asian Buddhism

Author: Peter Zieme

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13:

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Contents: Peter Zieme, 'Preface'; Peter Zieme et alii, 'Kogi Kudara, A Bibliography'; Geng Shimin, 'Study on the Uighur Text abitaki (3)'; Harry Haln, 'Mannerheim and the French expedition of Paul Pelliot'; Gyrgy Kara, 'Uygur Verbs of Compassion'; Yukiyo Kasai, 'Die uigurische berlieferung der Legende von der Grndung des Tempels Baimasi'; Koichi Kitsudo, 'Supplements to Uighur Agama fragments'; Robert Kritzer, 'Dar antika and Sautrantika in the Abhidharmadipa'; Kogi Kudara (edited by Juten Oda), 'On an Uigur Pustaka book of the Buddhist text Bayangjing from the grotto 181 of Dunhuang in the Paris Collection'; Dai Matsui, 'A Mongolian Decree from the Chaghataid Khanate Discovered at Dunhuang'; Dieter Maue, 'The equanimity of the Tatha gata'; Takao Moriyasu, 'Chronology of West Uighur Buddhism: Re-examination of the Dating of the Wall-paintings in the Grnwedel Cave No. 8 (New: No. 18), Bezeklik'; Mehmet lmez, 'Alttrkische Etymologien (2)'; Simone-Christiane Raschmann & Ablet Semet, 'Neues zur alttrkischen "Geschichte von der hungrigen Tigerin"'; Christiane Reck, 'Ein Kreuz zum Andenken. Die Katalogisierung der buddhistischen soghdischen Fragmente der Berliner Turfansammlung'; Klaus Rhrborn, 'ber die Genese der deadjektivischen Abstrakta des Trkischen'; Klaus T. Schmidt, T'HT 107 "Die Speisung des Bodhisattva vor der Erleuchtung." Die westtocharische Version im Vergleich mit der Sanskritfassung der Mulasarvasti vadins'; Osman F. Sertkaya & Dai Matsui, 'On a "silver" document'; Masahiro Shogaito, 'Uighur Abhidharmakosabhaya-ika Tattvartha preserved in China'; Jonathan Silk, 'Forbidden Women'; Werner Sundermann, 'Ananda enters into the Buddha's service. Edition of a Sogdian fragment from theMahayana Mahaparinirvaa-sutra'; Alos van Tongerloo, 'The Apocalyptic Manic


Uygur Buddhist Literature

Uygur Buddhist Literature

Author: Johan Elverskog

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13:

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This first volume of the Silk Roads Studies is a reference manual of the published Uygur Buddhist literature. Uygur Buddhist Literature creates a complete inventory of the published Uygur Buddhist texts along with a bibliography of the pertinent scholarlyliterature. The work includes an introduction that outlines the history of the discovery of the Uygur Buddhist Literature and a short history of the Buddhist Uygurs and their translation activities. The survey of the literature itself is divided into six sections: (1) Non-Mahayana Texts, including Sutra, Vinaya, Abhidarma, Biographies of the Buddha (including Jatakas) and Avadana; (2) Mahayana Sutras; (3) Commentaries; (4) Chinese Apocrypha; (5) Tantric Texts (6) Other Buddhist Works. Included under each title of a text is a brief synopsis of the text and an explanation of the Uygur manuscript, including where known: origin of translation, the translator and the place of translation, the place it was found, and any other interesting points. After this brief survey of the manuscript, the signature of the manuscript with references to the editions of the text is provided as well as additional references to the secondary literature. The survey concludes with an index to titles, translators, scribes and sponsors. This manual is an essential tool not only for specialists in the field of Altaic, especially Turcological or Monogolian, Iranological, Sinological or Buddhological Studies, but is also written for a larger public of students interested in Asian religions and cultural history in general. This book provides in a systematic and exhaustive way the most recent information on the places where the documents are kept, a synopsis of the text, editions and secondary literature.


Buddhism in Central Asia III

Buddhism in Central Asia III

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-04-11

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 9004687289

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The BuddhistRoad project has been creating a new framework to understand the dynamics of cultural encounter and religious transfer across premodern Eastern Central Asia. This framework includes a new focus on the complex interactions between Buddhism and non-Buddhist traditions and a deepening of the traditional focus on Buddhist doctrines between the 6th and 14th centuries, as Buddhism continued to spread along an ancient, local political-economic-cultural system of exchange, often referred to as the Silk Roads. This volume brings together world renowned experts to discuss these issues including Buddhism and Christianity, Islam, Daoism, Manichaeism, local indigenous traditions, Tantra etc. Contributors include: Daniel Berounský, Michal Biran, Max Deeg, Lewis Doney, Mélodie Doumy, Meghan Howard Masang, Yukiyo Kasai, Diego Loukota†, Carmen Meinert, Sam van Schaik, Henrik H. Sørensen, and Jens Wilkens.


The Early 20th Century Resurgence of the Tibetan Buddhist World

The Early 20th Century Resurgence of the Tibetan Buddhist World

Author: Mckay YUMIKO

Publisher: Global Asia

Published: 2021-12-15

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9789463728645

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1. Use of Russian, Japanese, Mongolian, Chinese, and Tibetan sources in original scholarship. 2. Historical studies of religio-political interface in Central Asia. 3. Ground-breaking study of Buddhist modernism processes in Central Asia.


Greek Buddha

Greek Buddha

Author: Christopher I. Beckwith

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2017-02-28

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 0691176329

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Presents a history of early Buddhism based solely on dateable artefacts and archaeology rather than received tradition, much of which data is provided by studying Pyrrho's history


Buddhism Across Asia

Buddhism Across Asia

Author: Tansen Sen

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2014-04-02

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 9814519324

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"Buddhism across Asia is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and spread of Buddhism in Asia. It comprises a rich collection of articles written by leading experts in their fields. Together, the contributions provide an in-depth analysis of Buddhist history and transmission in Asia over a period of more than 2000 years. Aspects examined include material culture, politics, economy, languages and texts, religious institutions, practices and rituals, conceptualisations, and philosophy, while the geographic scope of the studies extends from India to Southeast Asia and East Asia. Readers' knowledge of Buddhism is constantly challenged by the studies presented, incorporating new materials and interpretations. Rejecting the concept of a reified monolithic and timeless 'Buddhism', this publication reflects the entangled 'dynamic and multi-dimensional' history of Buddhism in Asia over extended periods of 'integration,' 'development of multiple centres,' and 'European expansion,' which shaped the religion's regional and trans-regional identities." -- Max Deeg, Cardiff University "Buddhism Across Asia presents new research on Buddhism in comprehensive spatial and temporal terms. From studies on transmission networks to exegesis on doctrinal matters, linguistics, rituals and practices, institutions, Buddhist libraries, and the religion's interactions with political and cultural spheres as well as the society at large, the volume presents an assemblage of essays of breathtaking breadth and depth. The goal is to demonstrate how the transmission of Buddhist ideas serves as a cultural force, a lynchpin that had connected the societies of Asia from past to present. The volume manifests the vitality and maturity of the field of Buddhist studies, and for that we thank the editor and the erudite authors. " -- Dorothy C. Wong, University of Virginia


The Science of Chinese Buddhism

The Science of Chinese Buddhism

Author: Erik J. Hammerstrom

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2015-08-11

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 0231539584

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Kexue, or science, captured the Chinese imagination in the early twentieth century, promising new knowledge about the world and a dynamic path to prosperity. Chinese Buddhists embraced scientific language and ideas to carve out a place for their religion within a rapidly modernizing society. Examining dozens of previously unstudied writings from the Chinese Buddhist press, this book maps Buddhists' efforts to rethink their traditions through science in the initial decades of the twentieth century. Buddhists believed science offered an exciting, alternative route to knowledge grounded in empirical thought, much like their own. They encouraged young scholars to study subatomic and relativistic physics while still maintaining Buddhism's vital illumination of human nature and its crucial support of an ethical system rooted in radical egalitarianism. Showcasing the rich and progressive steps Chinese religious scholars took in adapting to science's rising authority, this volume offers a key perspective on how a major Eastern power transitioned to modernity in the twentieth century and how its intellectuals anticipated many of the ideas debated by scholars of science and Buddhism today.


Buddhism in Central Asia II

Buddhism in Central Asia II

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-07-11

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 9004508449

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The ERC-funded research project BuddhistRoad aims to create a new framework to enable understanding of the complexities in the dynamics of cultural encounter and religious transfer in pre-modern Eastern Central Asia. Buddhism was one major factor in this exchange: for the first time the multi-layered relationships between the trans-regional Buddhist traditions (Chinese, Indian, Tibetan) and those based on local Buddhist cultures (Khotanese, Uyghur, Tangut) will be explored in a systematic way. The second volume Buddhism in Central Asia II—Practice and Rituals, Visual and Materials Transfer based on the mid-project conference held on September 16th–18th, 2019, at CERES, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany) focuses on two of the six thematic topics addressed by the project, namely on "practices and rituals", exploring material culture in religious context such as mandalas and talismans, as well as “visual and material transfer”, including shared iconographies and the spread of ‘Khotanese’ themes.


Emanated Buddhas in the Aureole of Buddhist Images from India, Central Asia, and China

Emanated Buddhas in the Aureole of Buddhist Images from India, Central Asia, and China

Author: Tianshu Zhu

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 9781604979480

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This study examines the small figures, mostly Buddhas, depicted in the aureole of Buddha images. This motif has appeared in various places in Central Asia and East Asia throughout the centuries. By contextualizing these images in local history and local Buddhism, this book sheds light on issues in Buddhist history and cultural transmission.


Buddhist Encounters and Identities Across East Asia

Buddhist Encounters and Identities Across East Asia

Author: Ann Heirman

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-05-07

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 9004366156

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Encounters, networks, identities and diversity are at the core of the history of Buddhism. They are also the focus of Buddhist Encounters and Identities across East Asia, edited by Ann Heirman, Carmen Meinert and Christoph Anderl. While long-distance networks allowed Buddhist ideas to travel to all parts of East Asia, it was through local and trans-local networks and encounters, and a diversity of people and societies, that identities were made and negotiated. This book undertakes a detailed examination of discrete Buddhist identities rooted in unique cultural practices, beliefs and indigenous socio-political conditions. Moreover, it presents a fascinating picture of the intricacies of the regional and cross-regional networks that connected South and East Asia.