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Religions of Asia in practice : an anthology /

Religions of Asia in Practice: An Anthology gives an overview of how religions have been lived by people throughout the continent of Asia. These materials--many of which had never before been translated into any Western language--include ritual manuals, hagiographical and autobiographical writings,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lopez, Donald S., Jr., 1952- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2002]
Colección:Princeton readings in religions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • RELIGIONS OF INDIA IN PRACTICE: Introduction: a brief history of religions in India / Richard H. Davis
  • Bengali songs to Kali / Rachel Fell McDermott
  • Women's celebration of Muhammad's birth / Marcia Hermansen
  • Encountering the smallpox goddess: the auspicious song of Sitala / Tony K. Stewart
  • Jain stories inspiring renunciation / Phyllis Granoff
  • Mother Ten's stories / Ann Grodzins Gold
  • The life of Guru Nanak / Hew McLeod
  • The exemplary devotion of the "Servant of Hari" / Tony K. Stewart
  • The origin of Linga worship / Richard H. Davis
  • BUDDHISM IN PRACTICE: Introduction / Donald S. Lopez, Jr
  • Consecrating the Buddha / Donald K. Swearer
  • Sutra on the merit of bathing the Buddha / Donald Boucher
  • The whole universe as a sutra / Luis O. Gomez
  • The book of resolving doubts concerning the semblance Dharma / Kyoko Tokuno
  • Auspicious things / Charles Hallisey
  • Daily life in the assembly / T. Griffith Foulk
  • Awakening the Zen Buddhist women / Sallie B. King
  • Death-bed testimonials of the Pure Land Faithful / Daniel B. Stevenson
  • RELIGIONS OF CHINA IN PRACTICE: Introduction: The spirits of Chinese religion / Stephen F. Teiser
  • Laozi: ancient philosopher, master of immortality and god / Livia Kohn
  • The lives and teachings of the divine lord of Zitong / Terry F. Kleeman
  • A sutra promoting the white-robed Guanyin as Giver of Sons / Chun-fang Yu
  • Body gods and inner vision: The Scripture of the Yellow Court / Paul W. Kroll
  • Teachings of a spirit medium / Jean DeBernardi
  • Spellbinding / Donald Harper
  • Record of the Feng and Shan sacrifices / Stephen Bokenkamp
  • The law of the spirits / Valerie Hansen
  • Shrines to local former worthies / Ellen Neshar
  • The Scripture in Forty-two Sections / Robert H. Sharf
  • The Scripture on Perfect Wisdom for Humane Kings Who Wish to Protect Their States / Charles Orzech
  • Stories from an illustrated explanation of the Tract of the Most Exalted on Action and Response / Catherine Bell
  • RELIGIONS OF TIBET IN PRACTICE: Introduction / Donald S. Lopez, Jr
  • The royal way of supreme compassion / Matthew Kapstein
  • Guidebook to Lapchi / Toni Huber
  • The Yogin Lorepa's retreat at Lake Namtso / Nalanda Translation Committee
  • A fasting ritual / Roger Jackson
  • The regulations of a monastery / Jose Ignacio Cobezon
  • A prayer for the deliverance from rebirth / Donald S. Lopez, Jr
  • Turning back gossip / Matthew Kapstein
  • A prayer flag for Tara / Donald S. Lopez, Jr
  • RELIGIONS OF JAPAN IN PRACTICE: Introduction / George J. Tanabe, Jr
  • Kaibara Ekken's precepts on the family / Mary Evelyn Tucker
  • A refutation of clerical marriage / Richard Jaffe
  • The contemplation of suchness / Jacqueline L. Stone
  • Chido's dreams of Buddhism / William M. Bodiford
  • The Confucian monarchy of Nara Japan / Charles Holcombe
  • Nationalistic Shinto: a child's guide to Yasukuni Shrine / Richard Gardner
  • The founding of Mount Koya and Kukai's eternal meditation / George J. Tanabe, Jr
  • Motoori Norinaga on the two shrines at Ise / Mark Teeuwen
  • Sasaki Shoten: toward a postmodern Shinshu Theology / Jan Van Bragt
  • Contemporary Zen Buddhist tracts for the laity: grassroots Buddhism in Japan / Ian Reader.