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Books on: buddhist architecture

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The Buddhist Architecture of Gandhara

Book by Kurt A. Behrendt; Brill, 2004

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Architecture, Buddhist--Gandhara (Pakistan And Afghanistan), Sculpture, Buddhist--Gandhara (Pakistan And Afghanistan), Sculpture, Gandhara--Gandhara (Pakistan And Afghanistan)

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Chronological Sequence The analysis of Buddhist architecture of Gandhara in this book relies...many coins found at urban and Buddhist sites, especially in stupa relic...absolute chronology for the early Buddhist period depends on the date of...
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The Art and Architecture of India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain

Book by Benjamin Rowland; Penguin Books, 1953

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Architecture--India, Art, Indic

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...vaulted chaitya-halls of the Buddhist period, the rock-cut cave...Such later features of Hindu and Buddhist architecture as the horseshoe-shaped chaitya...the rose-windows of the later Buddhist cave-temples. One of the most...
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Cambodian Architecture: Eighth to Thirteenth Centuries

Book by Jacques Dumarcay, Pascal Royere, Michael Smithies; Brill, 2001

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Architecture, Buddhist--Cambodia, Architecture, Khmer--Cambodia, Architecture--Cambodia

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...Ceylon where they are asso- ciated with the oldest Buddhist architecture 13 . The coherence is as- sured by the coefficient...stereotomy techniques were used at Borobudur and on most Buddhist monuments of that period, but there was a fresh...
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Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks: Collected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India

Book by Gregory Schopen; University of Hawaii Press, 1997

Subjects:

Buddhism--India--History, Buddhist Antiquities--India, Monastic And Religious Life (Buddhism)--India

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Mathura,"11. S. Nagaraju, Buddhist Architecture of Western India c. 250 B...Kanheri . V. Dehejia, Early Buddhist Rock Temples. A Chronology London...J. Burgess, Report on the Buddhist Cave Temples and Their Inscriptions...
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Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India: Their History and Their Contribution to Indian Culture

Book by Sukumar Dutt; George Allen & Unwin, 1962

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Monasticism And Religious Orders, Buddhist

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...in faith, and there is no Buddhist symbol anywhere on any of...traditional style of temple architecture in that part of the country...temples the models of northern Buddhist monastic architecture. Even...reveals how carefully the Buddhist architecture has been reproduced...

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Journal Articles on: buddhist architecture

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Ritual and Presentation in Early Buddhist Religious Architecture

Journal article by Lars Fogelin; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 42, 2003

Subjects:

Buddhism--History, Buddhism--Social aspects, Buddhist shrines--History, Buddhist shrines--Religious aspects, Buddhist shrines--Social aspects, Lamaism, Rites and ceremonies--History, Rites and ceremonies--Social aspects, Ritual

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Presentation in Early Buddhist Religious Architecture. by Lars Fogelin...D., South Asian Buddhists focused much of their...pilgrimage by the Buddhist laity. Other smaller...in Early Buddhist Architecture of India. New Delhi...Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks: Collected...The Theatres of the Buddhists. Delhi: Rajalakshmi...
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Saving Indra's Net: Buddhist Tools for Tackling Climate Change and Social Inequity

Journal article by Angela Tam; Human Architecture, Vol. 6, 2008

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Advertising, Biodiesel fuels, Climate change, Manufacturing, Oil consumption, Social networks

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Saving Indras Net: Buddhist Tools for Tackling Climate Change and...find out the meaning of life. Three Buddhist concepts are of vital importance...earthfriendly behaviour. Upaya, the Buddhist concept of "skillful means," will...
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Healing from War and Trauma: Southeast Asians in the U.s.: a Buddhist Perspective and the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma

Journal article by Robert Brian Wall; Human Architecture, Vol. 6, 2008

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Asians, Disaster recovery, Legislation, Mental health care, Mosques & temples, Nitric oxide, Nurse practitioners, Patients, Stress, Trauma

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...Healing from War and Trauma: Southeast Asians in the U.s.: a Buddhist Perspective and the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma by Robert...Relaxation Response (RR) traditionally taken from Vipassana Buddhist practices, have been widely studied for the past 30 years...
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The Buddhist "Monastery" and the Indian Garden: Aesthetics, Assimilations, and the Siting of Monastic Establishments

Journal article by Gregory Schopen; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 126, 2006

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Buddhist monasteries--Terminology, Gardens--Terminology, Monasteries, Buddhist--Terminology

Collections: History, Entire Library

...65. (62.) Nagaraju, Buddhist Architecture, 145, 149 (63.) For...Upasak, Dictionary of Early Buddhist Monastic Terms (Based on...convenience see M. Wijayaratna, Buddhist Monastic Life: According...mokkha (Sacred Books of the Buddhists, vol. 49) (Oxford, 2003...
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Sacred Biography in the Buddhist Traditions of South and Southeast Asia

Journal article by Charles Prebish; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 120, 2000

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Books--Reviews, Sacred Biography in the Buddhist Traditions of South and Southeast Asia (Book)--Reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Biographical Genre in Local Buddhist Cults and Practice." Although...conclusions of a variety of Buddhist texts. Robert Brown switches to Indian and Southeast Asian architecture, emphasizing the didactic...deep and abiding interest in Buddhist hagiography, and suggests...

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Magazine Articles on: buddhist architecture

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The Architecture of Bhutan

Magazine article by David Nock; The Architectural Review, Vol. 198, December 1995

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Architecture, Buddhist--Evaluation, Bhutan--Art

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The architecture of Bhutan. by David Nock Bhutans...continuity. Bhutans remarkable indigenous architecture has clear connections with that of...has largely protected the capitals architecture from Western influence, it is beginning...
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Desert Zenith: Predock_Frane Architects' Have Designed a New Zen Buddhist Retreat in California's Arid Desert Hot Springs

Magazine article by Rob Gregory; The Architectural Review, Vol. 213, June 2003

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Architects--Works, Predock, Hadrian--Works, Retreats--Buildings, facilities, etc., Retreats--Design and construction

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...Frane Architects have designed a new Zen Buddhist retreat in Californias arid Desert Hot...of the ninth-century Rinzai-ji Zen Buddhist tradition, the complex comprises three...regions complex cultural ancestry to create architecture that transcends both historicism and...
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The Eighty-Eight Temples: Pilgrimages Were among the Earliest Forms of Historical Travelling, and They Remain Popular in Many Parts of the World. Alex Koller Tries Japan's Most Famous Buddhist Pilgrimage

Magazine article by Alex Koller; History Today, Vol. 57, November 2007

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Buddhism--Social aspects, Japan--Religious aspects, Lamaism--Social aspects, Pilgrimages--History, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--History, Religion--Social aspects, Religious beliefs--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...unlicensed and unordained Buddhist ascetics also wandered the...listed in one of the oldest Buddhist texts, the Agon Sutra. The...nineteenth century and the anti-Buddhist policies of the Meiji government...thirteenth-fourteenth centuries) architecture: these include Ishite-ji...
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Juhani Pallasmaa Calls for an 'Architecture of Resistance' in the Face of Globalisation

Magazine article by Peter Davey; The Architectural Review, Vol. 227, January 2010

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Architects--Works, Architectural firms--Services, Architectural practice--Services, Architectural services--Services

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...Juhani Pallasmaa Calls for an Architecture of Resistance in the Face...Todays forcefully publicised architecture is that of personality cult...insightful attack on iconic architecture, its role in an increasingly...Lotus School built for a Buddhist community in Ladakh, north...
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Emerging Architecture: This Year's AR Awards Programme Yielded Its Customary Crop of Invention, Sensitivity and Optimism

Magazine article by Catherine Slessor; The Architectural Review, Vol. 220, December 2006

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Emerging Architecture: This Years AR Awards Programme...cycle of the AR Awards for Emerging Architecture. Since 1999, the programme has...form and the simplistic notion of architecture as an autonomous art. Before we...

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Newspaper Articles on: buddhist architecture

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Sweepers Arise, Your Brooms Await; I Have Long Taken to Heart the Buddhist Adage That There Is a Certain Stillness at the Heart of Order, and a Gentle Creation of Order through the Humble Act of Sweeping Is a Meditation in Itself

Newspaper article; Tweed Daily News (Tweed Heads, Australia), September 29, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Await; I Have Long Taken to Heart the Buddhist Adage That There Is a Certain Stillness...am equally offended by bad and boring architecture. Significantly, I am never as offended...path. I have long taken to heart the Buddhist adage that there is a certain stillness...
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Let There Be Light; (1) Moving Image: The Sixties Stained Glass Window Has Been Relocated (2) Keeping the Faith: The Central Cone (Left) Is the Church's Most Striking Feature. the Uninspired Sixties Building (Right) Has Been Enhanced Inside by Sculptor Rona Smith's Iron Tracery (below Right)

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 23, 2008

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Architecture, Glass products

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...with painting, sculpture, light, architecture, performance and music conspiring...blockbuster movies. They also defined architecture: in the history of the craft the parts...of thousands of words I write about architecture. There doesnt seem to be the demand...
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Hit the Lotus Trail

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 18, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Enjoy a mix of French colonial architecture, ancient Buddhist shrines, rice plains and lively...Singapores seamless blend of modern architecture and colonial heritage shows...Palace, and the Sukhothai Buddhist ruins in Chiang Rai, watching...
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Beautiful Bhutan; Mike Smith Travels to the Far East and Finds an Unspoilt Kingdom in the Himalayas

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 19, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...traditions. Yet, like many Buddhist countries, the people are...student monks to liven up the architecture. The temples feature wall paints depicting the Buddhist saints, complex mandalas and maps of Buddhist cosmology. The Bhutanese...
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Checking In

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 19, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...waterfalls and fast flowing rivers. the architecture is certainly distinctive -- think Swiss wooden chalet meets Buddhist temple. WHAT ARE THE TWO BEST THINGS...WALKING in the mountains and visiting the Buddhist temples, which are all beautifully...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: buddhist architecture

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Japanese Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE structures created on the...By the mid-14th cent. Buddhist architecture tended toward...Through the centuries Buddhist temples have varied little...Shinto temple, whose pre-Buddhist type is perpetuated, is...
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Chinese Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CHINESE ARCHITECTURE the buildings and other...the present day. Early Architecture As a result of wars and...background of Chinese architecture has been somewhat clarified...The only distinctly Buddhist type of building is the...
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Indian Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

INDIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE works of art and architecture produced on the Indian subcontinent...stone is religious art. In both Buddhist and Hindu art, symbolism in...trends in Indian art Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain are discussed within...
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Southeast Asian Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE includes works from the geographical...of deities both Hindu and Buddhist. The ancient kingdom of Fou...Siamese bronze sculpture of Buddhist figures in the 14th and 15th...Buddha." In the 16th cent. Buddhist figures adorned with jewels...
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Persian Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

PERSIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE works of art and structures produced...the many styles of Persian art and architecture. There are excellent collections...Egyptian, Greek, and Assyrian architecture, the style as a whole and the feeling...

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