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Books on: chinese buddhist temples

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Alms and Vagabonds: Buddhist Temples and Popular Patronage in Medieval Japan

Book by Janet R. Goodwin; University of Hawaii Press, 1994

Subjects:

Buddhism--Japan--History--1185-1600, Buddhist Giving, Buddhist Temple Finance--Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Such elements were central to the Chinese Buddhist practice on which Japanese mortuary...which people made offerings to Buddhist monks, thus helping "to effect...dead through prayers, be they Buddhist rites or masses for Christian sinners...
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Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia - Vol. 2 Text

Book by Marylin Martin Rhie; Brill, 1999

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Art, Buddhist--Asia, Central, Art, Buddhist--China, Art, Central Asian, Art, Chinese

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...a number of specific Buddhist icons at the Tan-hsi...images in Tao-ans temple, so we can know that...established at least in some Chinese Buddhist temples by the middle Eastern...an a monk for the new temple he bestowed. In this...
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Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia - Vol. 1

Book by Marylin Martin Rhie; Brill, 1999

Subjects:

Art, Buddhist--Asia, Central, Art, Buddhist--China, Art, Central Asian, Art, Chinese

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...components. As an active Buddhist establishment the site...discussed here. 1. Temple Complexes: Court...and a major cave-temple portion dug into the...courtyard and cave-temple presents a model of...relation to the study of Chinese and Central Asian Buddhist cave temples, which, more often...
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Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia

Book by Marylin Martin Rhie; Brill, 1999

Subjects:

Art, Buddhist--Asia, Central, Art, Buddhist--China, Art, Central Asian, Art, Chinese

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...founded ca. 1 st century A.D. Fig. 3.93 Plan of the Buddhist monastery, Airtam, near Termez, southern Uzbekistan, Kushana period Fig. 3.94a Plan of the site with caves and temples, Kara-tepe, near Termez, southern Uzbekistan, Kushana...southern Uzbekistan, Kushana period Fig. 3.95 Plan of Temple 61, Karadong, near Keriya, Southern Silk Road, ca. 2nd...
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The Temple of Memories: History, Power, and Morality in a Chinese Village

Book by Jun Jing; Stanford University Press, 1996

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Gansu Sheng (China)--Social conditions, Kung family, Memory--Social aspects--China--Gansu Sheng

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...case in Chinese temples, giving the building...a "Confucius temple," and why its...Accomplishment." The Chinese term for "temple" is si in the Buddhist tradition and...respectively. In Chinese popular religion, the temples enshrining

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Journal Articles on: chinese buddhist temples

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Stephen F. Teiser. Reinventing the Wheel: Paintings of Rebirth in Medieval Buddhist Temples

Journal article by Matthew Mcdonald; China Review International, Vol. 14, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, Reinventing the Wheel: Paintings of Rebirth in Medieval Buddhist Temples (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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...in visual form the Buddhist notion of the cyclical...throughout the medieval Buddhist world. The canonical...of the majority of Buddhists in the medieval world...festivals, on the walls of temples, among public and...translated it into Chinese (pp. 50-51...concerning adherence to Buddhist practice, a white...at the gate of the temple" (pp. 55-56...
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Images, Legends, Politics, and the Origin of the Great Xiangguo Monastery in Kaifeng: A Case-Study of the Formation and Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites in Medieval China

Journal article by Jinhua Chen; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 125, 2005

Subjects:

Buddhist shrines--Political aspects, Buddhist shrines--Social aspects, Buddhist temples--Political aspects, Buddhist temples--Social aspects, Chinese history--Religious aspects, Kaifeng, China--Buildings and facilities, Kaifeng, China--Religious aspects, Temples, Buddhist--Political aspects, Temples, Buddhist--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites...like. Regarding Chinese Buddhist sacred...only mountain temples/monasteries...in Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal 7 (1994...Reginald Johnston, Buddhist China: Visit...Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation...An Imperial Temple of Northern Sung...
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Switching Sites and Identities: the Foudner's Statue at the Buddhist Temple Korin' in

Journal article by Gregory P. Levine; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001

Subjects:

Art criticism, Art history, Buddhism, Japan, Jofu, Shokei (1475-1536), Sculpture, Social life & customs

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...left across the citys Buddhist landscape.95 Contemporary records speak of temples without abbots and...shrines torn down, temple halls in leaky disrepair...to antique dealers. Temples throughout the city...dismantling of syncretic temple-shrine precincts...the hands of anti-Buddhist mobs, but like Kyotos...haiji, "abandoned temples."98 Many survived...
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Images of Monasticism: The Temple Stay Program and the Re-branding of Korean Buddhist Temples

Journal article by Uri Kaplan; Korean Studies, Vol. 34, 2010

Subjects:

Korean culture--Analysis, Korean culture--Appreciation, Monasteries--Management, Monasteries--Social aspects, Monastic and religious life--Analysis, Monastic and religious life--Appreciation, Monastic life--Analysis, Monastic life--Appreciation, Sales promotions--Analysis, Sales promotions--Social aspects, Tourism promotion--Analysis, Tourism promotion--Social aspects, Travel industry--Analysis, Travel industry--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Buddhists and non-Buddhists who participated...program. (53) The temple stay, which was...traditionalist" image to Buddhist temples further deepens the...new identities. Temples, in this way, are...most monks and lay Buddhists I have been talking...this program. The temple stay certainly does succeed in bringing Buddhist monasteries and monks...ministry is using the temples to promote Korean...
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An Interfaith Dialogue between the Chinese Buddhist Leader Taixu and Christians

Journal article by Darui Long; Buddhist-Christian Studies, 2000

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Buddhism--International aspects, Christianity--International aspects, Civilization, Oriental--Religious aspects, Civilization, Western--Religious aspects, Taixu--Conduct of life

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...looked down upon Chinese Buddhists because they did not...without producing. The Buddhists were thus able to change...respected and influential Chinese Buddhist scholar for contemporary...successful propagator of Chinese Buddhism worldwide with...Lai University. His temple in Los Angeles, also...

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Magazine Articles on: chinese buddhist temples

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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

Subjects:

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

The Eighty-Eight Temples: Pilgrimages Were among...Tries Japans Most Famous Buddhist Pilgrimage. by Alex...eighty-eight Buddhist temples, connected by a route...ascetics. Shi is also a Chinese homonym for death...monks lived in large temple-monasteries, unlicensed...property, and most temples on the route claim some...
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The Case against Gore: Gore (Unwittingly?) Attended Buddhist Temple Fundraiser

Magazine article by Gary Hoitsma; Human Events, Vol. 56, August 4, 2000

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Fund raising, Gore, Albert Jr, Political finance, Vice Presidents

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...Unwittingly?) Attended Buddhist Temple Fundraiser by Gary Hoitsma...photo) It was held at a Buddhist temple. Can April 29...been an agent of the Chinese government, that she...relationship with the Chinese government." Hsia denies...
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Buddhist Delight

Magazine article by Joyce Dodson Piotrowski; Vegetarian Times, April 2003

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Buddhism, China, Recipes, Restaurants, Vegetarianism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Buddhist Delight by Joyce Dodson...at the Jade Buddha Temple in modern, bustling...groundfloor restaurant in the temple for a bowl of noodles...Because most observant Buddhists fast before praying...smaller, more rural temples, the monks themselves...their faith, older Chinese are returning to the...It was developed by Buddhist monks to ensure that...
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Walking around the Buddha

Magazine article by Carolyn Craft; Cross Currents, Vol. 49, Summer 1999

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Christianity and other religions--Buddhism, Modernism--Religious aspects, Spiritual life--Analysis, Temples, Buddhist--Social aspects, Thailand--Description and travel

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...gets ignored not only in temples and churches but also in...old, seemingly deserted temples and wondered what function...what seemed to be junk in temple compounds, even on the grounds of active temples. These broken Buddha images...recreate animist-Hindu-Buddhist objects as Buddha images...interpretation, but Thai Buddhists seem to accept readily the...
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The Economies of Temple Chanting and Conversion in China

Magazine article by Eric Reinders; International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 31, October 2007

Subjects:

Ancient languages, Annual reports, Bank accounts, Bible, Christianity, Missionaries, Religion, Religious conversion, Religious missions

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Economies of Temple Chanting and...ranking Buddhists and Taoists...and around Buddhist and Taoist temples. The public...associated with temples-monks...in Buddhist temples who earned...China and Chinese reUgion in...a Buddhist temple in 1845...dharani. Many Buddhist scriptures...mantras with Buddhists, but one...

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Newspaper Articles on: chinese buddhist temples

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Charges Reinstated against Fund-Raiser: Buddhist Temple Event Involved Gore

Newspaper article by Jerry Seper; The Washington Times, May 19, 1999

Subjects:

Hsia, Maria

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

...against fund-raiser: Buddhist temple event involved Gore...a fund-raiser at a Buddhist temple attended by Vice...influence" for the Chinese government. The temple...as the International Buddhist Progress Society, was...
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I Think the World of Lewis. I'm So Proud; EXCLUSIVE BRIT HERO'S GIRL TALKS ABOUT HER LOVER FOR THE FIRST TIME Every Time He Races I Pray in Buddhist Temple Romance Was Cooling but Now They're So Close

Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), July 29, 2007

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

...Every Time He Races I Pray in Buddhist Temple Romance Was Cooling but Now...level race. Jodia, a devout Buddhist, normally prays at a local temple in Hong Kong each time Lewis...Shes very proud of her Chinese heritage." Jodia - pictured...
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BOATING WITH BUDDHA; There's More to China Than Skyscrapers, Forbidden Cities and a Great Wall. Andrew Barker Visits Hangzhou Where Even the Chinese Manage to Relax

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 1, 2011

Subjects:

Boating, Boats, Boats and boating, Buddhist monks, Cigarette boats, High rise buildings, Skyscrapers, Tall buildings

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

...Hangzhou Where Even the Chinese Manage to Relax. Byline...why countless works of Chinese literature have been...Theres even an old Chinese saying: Above there...there is Hangzhou. Buddhist monks chose these shady...plantations, to build their temples, the first of which...ago. At the Yoo Fong temple (a more recent addition...
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Chinese New Year of the Dog Starts Tonight

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2006

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Chinese New Year

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

...PIQUERO TUAZON Millions of Chinese families will troop to Buddhist temples around the world...bidding farewell to the Chinese Year of the Rooster...charms in Chinatowns and temples across Asia will reach...good fortune of the Chinese New Year of the Fire...master of the Sheng Lian Temple in Quezon City, reported...
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Merrymaking Marks Chinese New Year Today

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 7, 2008

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Chinese New Year

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

Merrymaking Marks Chinese New Year Today. Byline...With incense glowing in Buddhist temples and houses, and bursts...hailed the arrival of the Chinese New Year of the Earth...ancestors. For most Chinese families, the visit...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: chinese buddhist temples

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Temple , Edifice of Worship

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...hewed monuments of the Buddhist period (c.255 b...The principal Indian temples are gradual accretions...ornaments. Far Eastern Temples In China the characteristic temple differs from the form...Besides the temple a Buddhist monastery includes a...art and architecture ; Chinese architecture ; Japanese...
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Chinese Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...today as a hallmark of Chinese architecture a graceful...more elaborate. The Chinese Ground Plan During the...applied to palaces and temple buildings in both China...strongly affect the Chinese architectural style...building activity, temples continued to be constructed...The only distinctly Buddhist type of building is...
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Chinese Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Knowledge of ancient Chinese art is limited largely...metal and stone inlays. Buddhist Art The advent of Buddhism...6th cent. a.d. the Chinese artists succeeded in...Buddhist art in cave temples include Donghuang, Lung...also made in Japan). Chinese Painting since the Fifth...
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Japanese Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...around tomb mounds. Buddhist and Chinese Influences The stylistic...Buddhist monasteries and temples progressed under Korean...relationship between Chinese and central Asian culture...cent.) were based on Chinese Horyoji sculpture based...
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Kuching

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...in 1839 by James Brooke . In the city are mosques, Buddhist temples, Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals, and a museum...Borneo folklore. The population is about two-thirds Chinese. ____________________ Copyright...

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