Buddhism

Re-enacting the Past

A Cultural History of the School of gTsang smyon Heruka

This book is devoted to the study of the so-called “School of gTsang smyon,” i.e. the religious community that gathered around the Tibetan master gTsang smyon Heruka (1452–1507)....

The Life and Works of Karma ’phrin las pa (1456–1539)

Non­sectarian Scholar Mystic of Southern Tibet

Among the so-called learned and accomplished masters of Tibet’s “long 15th century”, the First Karma ’phrin las pa stands out as influential commentator on Saraha’s Dohā, great...

Miniaturen mittelalterlicher Kalpasutra-Handschriften

Eine ikonographische Betrachtung mit kultur- und religionsgeschichtlichen Anmerkungen

The focus of this study on Indian book illumination are the miniatures of six Jain Kalpasūtra manuscripts produced in western India (Gujarat and Rajasthan) as well as in Jaunpur,...

A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection

Volume 1

We are pleased to present the three volumes compiled by Peter Nyunt in the series "Material for the Study ofthe Tripitaka". The Fragile Palm Leavcs Foundation manuscript...

A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection

Volume 2

We are pleased to present the three volumes compiled by Peter Nyunt in the series "Material for the Study ofthe Tripitaka". The Fragile Palm Leavcs Foundation manuscript...

A Descriptive Catalogue of Burmese Manuscripts in the Fragile Palm Leaves Collection

Volume 3

We are pleased to present the three volumes compiled by Peter Nyunt in the series "Material for the Study ofthe Tripitaka". The Fragile Palm Leavcs Foundation manuscript...

Sutrengeschichten

Von Karma und Wiedergeburt

Sutra stories tell the reader something about the results of good and bad deeds in a detailed and illustrative manner. A pleasant current state of existence is explained as the...

Buddhistische Fabeln

Still hören ist besser als laut zu beten

„Listening still is better than praying loudly“ contains 171 parables and allegories stemming from the Buddhist traditions of China and India. Chinese Buddhist prose conveys...

The Illuminating Mirror

Tibetan Studies in Honour of Per K. Sørensen on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday

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Die Festschrift umfasst 33 internationale Beiträge von Kollegen und Wegbegleitern von Per K. Sørensen, einer der...

Die „Große Halle“ von Karakorum

Zur archäologischen Untersuchung des ersten buddhistischen Tempels der alten mongolischen Hauptstadt

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Die seit dem Jahr 2000 in der altmongolischen Hauptstadt Karakotum laufenden Ausgrabungen haben das...

Shakya-mchog-ldan, Mahapandita des Klosters gSer-mdog-can

Leben und Werk nach den tibetischen Quellen

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gSer-mdog Paṇ-chen Shākya-mchog-ldan (1428-1507) gilt westlichen Tibetologen als eine der herausragenden...

Searching for the Dharma, Finding Salvation – Buddhist Pilgrimage in Time and Space

Proceedings of the Workshop "Buddhist Pilgrimage in History and Present Times" at the Lumbini International Research Institute (LIRI), Lumbini, 11 -13 January 2010

Zum Begriff ’namarupa:’

Das Individuum im Pali-Kanon

Nāmarūpa (literally “name and form”) is widely known as a Buddhist term used to denote the the five “groups” (P. khandhas, Sk. skandhas) of which the individual is said to consist...

A Critical Edition of the Tibetan Translation of the Mahaparinirvana-mahasutra

The Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra, the great sūtra on the parinirvāna of the Buddha, narrates the legends of the last time of the Buddha’s life in a particular way, which differs from...

Die Hagiographie des La phyi ba Nam mkha’ rgyal mtshan (1372 bis 1437)

Eine Studie über das Leben eines tibetischen Heiligen

This is the life story of a saint who is deemed to be the reincarnation of the most famous Tibetan hermit, rJe btsun Mi la ras pa. Due to his more than three-decades long abode in...

Building the Sherpa’s New Present in the Age of Globalization

The construction of a novel tradtion as well as a collective Sherpa identity in a new place through the performance of Tibetan Buddhist ritual celebrations: a close look at the present revitalisation of Sherpa Buddhism, culture, and society

The central concern of this book is a detailed examination of both the strategy and the means employed whereby the Sherpas have been successfully managing the creation of a novel...

The Life of the Buddha

Buddhist and Saiva Iconography and Visual Narratives in Artists’ Sketchbooks from Nepal

This book describes, analyses and reproduce line drawings from two manuscripts and a related section from a third manuscript. These are:
1. Manuscript M.82.169.2, preserved in...

Frühe Quellen zum buddhistischen Stufenweg in Tibet

Indische und tibetische Traditionen im »dPe chos« des Po-to-ba Rin-chen-gsal

During the 11th and 12th centuries, Tibetan culture underwent fundamental changes. It was during this period that Buddhism became firmly rooted on the Tibetan plateau and its...

»Simavicarana«

A Pali letter on monastic boundaries by King Rama IV of Siam

“Simavicarana” presents an annotated romanized edition of a letter composed in Pali by Thera Vajiranana - that is, by King Mogkut (Rama IV) of Siam when he was a monk before he...

Pitakamala. »The Garland of the Pitaka«

“Pitakamala” or “The Garland of the Pitaka” is a Northern Thai text that describes the Buddhist scriptures as they were traditionally transmitted in palm-leaf manuscripts kept in...