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Author : Anne Burchardi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8776946614
Author : Anne Burchardi
Publisher : Comdc
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Art
ISBN : 8776941728
This visually stunning catalogue presents c. 300 iconographical materials and texts from the Tibetan collections of the Royal Library and the National Museum of Denmark. Most of the entries describe such iconographical materials as mandalas, elemental divination paintings, ritual "tsakli" cards and prayer flags. Unique handwritten meditation manuals, a Mongolian Book of the Dead, illuminated manuscripts as well as philosophical and medical works are also featured. These remarkable materials, which represent rare and unique forms of communication between man and nature in written and iconographical forms, play a central role in the performance of Buddhist and shamanistic rituals. In line with other volumes in the COMDC series, this catalogue is intended as a reference tool for scholars. It also supplements the Catalogue of Tibetan Manuscripts and Xylographs, COMDC 6.1 & 6.2. The catalogue includes over 250 colour illustrations.
Author : Tatjana Blau
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Buddhist art and symbolism
ISBN : 9781402746208
Every one of these Tibetan mandalas is rich in spiritual meaning, and the accompanying quotations and sayings will deepen your knowledge of this very special culture. Contemplate the Wheel of Becoming, a symbol of rebirth usually found in monasteries, or a transcendent Adibuddha Vajrasattva, a representation of penetrating absoluteness and the embodiment of the limitless. Other mandalas include the Eight Symbols of Happiness, the four-armed Manjushri (for wisdom), Sacrificial Offerings, and the national flag of Tibet. Each consists of a periphery and a center, which stand for the beginning and end of all being, and as meditators color them in, they will foster a deeper understanding of the universe and the inner landscape of the human soul.
Author : Christel Braae
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 1000 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788771844979
This is a study of a unique collection of Inner Mongolian artifacts at the National Museum of Denmark. They are described, analyzed and presented in a catalogue of more than 800 items, documenting the daily life of pastoral society in and around the tent, in the herding of the animals, in caravan trade and in hunting, crafts, sports and games, and in ritual life. Information about the objects was obtained during two expeditions to Inner Mongolia in the 1930s led by the Danish author Henning Haslund-Christensen, who had many years' experience of travel and expedition life in Mongolia. This is also a detailed account of the expeditions; of the routes, means and measures, as well as the worries and hopes of the participants; of their struggles with scientific aspirations; and of the conditions for collecting against the backdrop of the Chinese civil war and the Japanese occupation. The First and Second Danish Expeditions to Central Asia took place in 1936-1937 and 1938-1939 respectively. These expeditions were the sole foreign parties with access to the area at the time, and therefore their members were among the few observers of Inner Mongolian pastoral society at a time and place for which information was, and still is, scant and fragmented. Hence, the material objects and data obtained are of great scientific importance in the documentation of the life and material culture of Inner Mongolian herders in the 1930s - the main subject of the present book.
Author : Denise Patry Leidy,Robert A. F. Thurman
Publisher : Shambhala
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39076001862122
Exhibition catalog, Co-pub. with Asia Society Gall & Tibet House.
Author : Los Angeles County Museum of Art,Pratapaditya Pal
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520051408
Author : Sylvie Crossman,Jean-Pierre Barou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art, Tibetan
ISBN : 1568524730
According to Tibetan Buddhism the mandala is a representation of the microcosm and macrocosm. The Kalachakra mandala the special subject of this study is especially important to Tibet's present Dalai Lama. This book presents in pictures and text the traditions, techniques and artistry that go into completing the mandala and a considered evaluation of its spiritual significance. Meticulously rendered photographs show the various stages in creation of the mandala and its power as a spiritual symbol and work of art.
Author : Martin Brauen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : UCSC:32106015462424
A symbolic representation of the elements in the universe, the mandala is a myterious and often misunderstood sacred image and ritual tool in Tantric Buddhism. With a Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, THE MANDALA presents a thorough study, with sensational color photographs, of the different aspects of this traditional form of sacred art. Includes photos of the well-known Kalachakra initiation ceremony performed by the Dalai Lama. 49 color & 62 b&w photos.
Author : Barry Till,Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01
Category : Art, Buddhist
ISBN : 0888851812
Author : Raghu Vira,Lokesh Chandra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X030149530
Detailed illustrations of 132 mandalas including descriptive and historical notes. Sources: Kriya tantras (19); Carya tantras (2); Yoga tantras (20); Anuttara (Yogi) tantras (19); Anuttara (Yoginī) tantras (37); Advaya tantras (19); The Āmnāta cycle (14); and Paryavasāna-Kalyāṇa (2) making a total of 132 mandalas.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:313351992
Author : Koichi Shinohara
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231537391
Koichi Shinohara traces the evolution of Esoteric Buddhist rituals from the simple recitation of spells in the fifth century to complex systems involving image worship, mandala initiation, and visualization practices in the ninth century. He presents an important new reading of a seventh-century Chinese text called the Collected Dharani Sutras, which shows how earlier rituals for specific deities were synthesized into a general Esoteric initiation ceremony and how, for the first time, the notion of an Esoteric Buddhist pantheon emerged. In the Collected Dharani Sutras, rituals for specific deities were typically performed around images of the deities, yet Esoteric Buddhist rituals in earlier sources involved the recitation of spells rather than the use of images. The first part of this study explores how such simpler rituals came to be associated with the images of specific deities and ultimately gave rise to the general Esoteric initiation ceremony described in the crucial example of the All-Gathering mandala ritual in the Collected Dharani Sutras. The visualization practices so important to later Esoteric Buddhist rituals were absent from this ceremony, and their introduction would fundamentally change Esoteric Buddhist practice. This study examines the translations of dharani sutras made by Bodhiruci in the early eighth century and later Esoteric texts, such as Yixing's commentary on the Mahavairocana sutra and Amoghavajra's ritual manuals, to show how incorporation of visualization greatly enriched Esoteric rituals and helped develop elaborate iconographies for the deities. Over time, the ritual function of images became less certain, and the emphasis shifted toward visualization. This study clarifies the complex relationship between images and ritual, changing how we perceive Esoteric Buddhist art as well as ritual.
Author : Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1998-11-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780824863111
The first broad study of Japanese mandalas to appear in a Western language, this volume interprets mandalas as sanctified realms where identification between the human and the sacred occurs. The author investigates eighth- to seventeenth-century paintings from three traditions: Esoteric Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, and the kami-worshipping (Shinto) tradition. It is generally recognized that many of these mandalas are connected with texts and images from India and the Himalayas. A pioneering theme of this study is that, in addition to the South Asian connections, certain paradigmatic Japanese mandalas reflect pre-Buddhist Chinese concepts, including geographical concepts. In convincing and lucid prose, ten Grotenhuis chronicles an intermingling of visual, doctrinal, ritual, and literary elements in these mandalas that has come to be seen as characteristic of the Japanese religious tradition as a whole. This beautifully illustrated work begins in the first millennium B.C.E. in China with an introduction to the Book of Documents and ends in present-day Japan at the sacred site of Kumano. Ten Grotenhuis focuses on the Diamond and Womb World mandalas of Esoteric Buddhist tradition, on the Taima mandala and other related mandalas from the Pure Land Buddhist tradition, and on mandalas associated with the kami-worshipping sites of Kasuga and Kumano. She identifies specific sacred places in Japan with sacred places in India and with Buddhist cosmic diagrams. Through these identifications, the realm of the buddhas is identified with the realms of the kami and of human beings, and Japanese geographical areas are identified with Buddhist sacred geography. Explaining why certain fundamental Japanese mandalas look the way they do and how certain visual forms came to embody the sacred, ten Grotenhuis presents works that show a complex mixture of Indian Buddhist elements, pre-Buddhist Chinese elements, Chinese Buddhist elements, and indigenous Japanese elements.
Author : Janet Gyatso
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231164962
Critically exploring scientific thought and its relation to religion in traditional Tibetan medicine, Being Human expands our sense of Tibetan cultural history, unpacking the intersection of early modern sensibilities and religious ideals during the time of the Fifth Dalai Lama. Studying the adaptation of Buddhist concepts and values to medical concerns, the book also advances an appreciation of BuddhismÕs role in the development of Asian and global civilization. Through its unique focus and sophisticated reading of source materials, Being Human captures the religious character of medicine in Tibet during a period when it facilitated a singular involvement in issues associated with modernity and empirical science, all without discernible influence from the European Enlightenment. The book opens with the bold achievements of medical illustration, commentary, and institution building, then looks back to the work of earlier thinkers, tracing a subtle dialectic between scriptural and empirical authority on questions of history and the nature of human anatomy. It follows key differences between medicine and Buddhism in attitudes toward gender and sex, and the shaping of medical ethics to serve both the physician and the patientÕs well-being. Being Human ultimately finds that Tibetan medical scholars absorbed ethical and epistemological categories from Buddhism yet shied away from ideal system and absolutes, embracing instead the imperfectability of the human condition.
Author : Barry Bryant
Publisher : Snow Lion
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-03-24
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015052663781
Now back in print comes this stunning visual introduction to the artistic and spiritual heart of Tibetan Buddhism--the Kalachakra Sand Mandala. "Spiritual vision communicated by art and ritual."--"Tricycle." 36 color photos. 199 b&w photos.