Living Karma

Beverley McGuire

• Hardcover | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Ouyi Zhixu (1599-1655) was an eminent Chinese Buddhist monk who, contrary to his contemporaries, believed karma could be changed. Through vows, divina... Lees meer

In the Land of Tigers and Snakes

Huaiyu Chen

• Hardcover | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Animals play crucial roles in Buddhist thought and practice. However, many symbolically or culturally significant animals found in India, where Buddhi... Lees meer

The Renewal of Buddhism in China

Chün-Fang Yü

• Paperback | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• First published in 1981, The Renewal of Buddhism in China broke new ground in the study of Chinese Buddhism. An interdisciplinary study of a Buddhist ... Lees meer

Living Karma

Beverley McGuire

• Paperback | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Ouyi Zhixu (1599-1655) was an eminent Chinese Buddhist monk who, contrary to his contemporaries, believed karma could be changed. Through vows, divina... Lees meer

Spreading Buddha's Word in East Asia

• Paperback | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• A monumental work in the history of religion, the history of the book, the study of politics, and bibliographical research, this volume follows the ma... Lees meer

The Body Incantatory

Paul Copp

• Paperback | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Whether chanted as devotional prayers, intoned against the dangers of the wilds, or invoked to heal the sick and bring ease to the dead, incantations ... Lees meer

Spells, Images, and Mandalas

Koichi Shinohara

• Hardcover | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Koichi Shinohara traces the evolution of Esoteric Buddhist rituals from the simple recitation of spells in the fifth century to complex systems involv... Lees meer

Thriving in Crisis

Dewei Zhang

• Hardcover | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Late imperial Chinese Buddhism was long dismissed as having declined from the glories of Buddhism during the Sui and Tang dynasties (581-907). In rece... Lees meer

The Space of Religion

Yoshiko Ashiwa, David L Wank

• Paperback | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Finalist, 2024 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Analytical-Descriptive Studies, American Academy of Religion The Nanputuo Temple in th... Lees meer

Sacred Economies

Michael Walsh

• Hardcover | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Buddhist monasteries in medieval China employed a variety of practices to ensure their ascendancy and survival. Most successful was the exchange of ma... Lees meer

The Huayan University Network

Erik J Hammerstrom

• Hardcover | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• In the early twentieth century, Chinese Buddhists sought to strengthen their tradition through publications, institution building, and initiatives aim... Lees meer

In the Land of Tigers and Snakes

Huaiyu Chen

• Paperback | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Animals play crucial roles in Buddhist thought and practice. However, many symbolically or culturally significant animals found in India, where Buddhi... Lees meer

The Body Incantatory

Paul Copp

• Hardcover | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Whether chanted as devotional prayers, intoned against the dangers of the wilds, or invoked to heal the sick and bring ease to the dead, incantations ... Lees meer

Chinese Esoteric Buddhism

Geoffrey C Goble

• Hardcover | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Chinese Esoteric Buddhism is generally held to have been established as a distinct and institutionalized Buddhist school in eighth-century China by "t... Lees meer

Emperor Wu Zhao and Her Pantheon of Devis, Divinities, and Dynastic Mothers

N Harry Rothschild

• Paperback | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Wu Zhao (624-705), better known as Wu Zetian or Empress Wu, is the only woman to have ruled China as emperor over the course of its 5,000-year history... Lees meer

Spreading Buddha's Word in East Asia

• Hardcover | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• A monumental work in the history of religion, the history of the book, the study of politics, and bibliographical research, this volume follows the ma... Lees meer

Emperor Wu Zhao and Her Pantheon of Devis, Divinities, and Dynastic Mothers

N Harry Rothschild

• Hardcover | Engels | The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Wu Zhao (624-705), better known as Wu Zetian or Empress Wu, is the only woman to have ruled China as emperor over the course of its 5,000-year history... Lees meer