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Crafting Cinema in the Buddhist Contemplative Gaze

Religions, 2019
In this essay, I discuss the evolution of my approach to creating Buddhist contemplative cinema. I begin, by way of personal anecdotes, defining my approach to Buddhist life and the evolution of what I will call the “Buddhist contemplative gaze ...
Edward A. Burger
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The Image of the Buddha: Buddha Icons and Aniconic Traditions in India and China

The Journal of Transcultural Studies, 2011
This is a study of aniconic Buddhist art in India and China that refers back to the iconoclasm (Bilderstreit) of the 8th and 9th centuries in the Byzantine empire and the subsequent development of an image theory that justified the already well ...
Claudia Wenzel
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The Posture of Lalitāsana: Buddhist Posing Hierarchy in a Tang-Dynasty Chinese Bronze Sculpture

Religions, 2022
The rubric of the presence of Buddhist sculpture in the absence of an actual deity represents an admirable aspect of Buddhist art, especially sculpture, where the best works have drawn on this paradox in an astounding fashion. An important element in the
Bing Huang
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Sea Rhythm and Buddhist Chant: Exploring Marine Elements in Chinese Buddhist Art

Religions
Since its introduction to China during the Han Dynasty, Buddhism has been deeply integrated with local culture. As an important carrier of Buddhism, Buddhist art has gradually formed a variety of expression forms.
Bin Bai, Yang Wang, Yichu Chen, Jie Tong
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Visual Compassion for Women’s Empowerment

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2021
Little attention has been given to principles of Buddhist moral conduct in the West. There are ten virtuous actions of Buddhist moral conduct, called the Ten Virtuous Deeds of the Bodhisattvas.
Sakai Nanako
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Mapping the ‘Three Worlds’: A Preliminary Exploration of the Formation and Iconography of Buddhist Cosmological Paintings in Central Siam

Religions
Buddhist cosmology is prominently reflected in artistic expressions across various regions, particularly through its extensive representation in Buddhist art.
Ran Xiong
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The Buddha of Kamakura and the “Modernization” of Buddhist Statuary in the Meiji Period

The Journal of Transcultural Studies, 2011
During Japan’s revolutionary years in the latter half of the nineteenth century, in particular after the Meiji Restoration of 1868, people experienced a great change in the traditional values that had governed various aspects of their life during the Edo
Hiroyuki Suzuki
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Mortal relationality: waria family care and the ethics of dying in Bali Relationnalité mortelle : soins familiaux des waria et éthique des mourants à Bali

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Can a good death occur for those who balance on the edges of grievability? In Bali, where death marks a transition within the cycles of reincarnation, a good death depends on the mortuary care performed by intimate others – care that may be foreclosed to those whose lives are shaped by stigma.
Sylvia Tidey
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Early Buddhist architecture of Bengal: morphological study on the vihāra of c. 3rd to 8th centuries [PDF]

, 2012
This dissertation examines the evolution of early Buddhist architectural forms of Bengal, specifically its vihāra and shrine structures. In general, this research explores Gupta and post-Gupta (c.
Reza, MH
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The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
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