The three-week-long Mani Rimdu festival of Himalayan Buddhist tradition uses archaic ritual as well as prayers written by contemporary lamas. This detailed description and in-depth analysis of the fes
Carter (philosophy and religion, Colgate U.) presents evidence from the Buddhist traditions of Sri Lanka to illuminate notions of ethical living and faith, the religious life, the view of the world, t
Mahathera Bodhiramsi's 15th-century Pali chronicle tells of the founding of the kingdom of Haripunjaya in the Chaing Mai valley of northern Thailand in the seventh century. Following the tradition of
An English translation and a commentary on the chronicle of Queen Cama, an important but neglected female monarch who founded a dynasty in Northern Thailand.
A collection of stories about women from the thirteenth-century Buddhist work that reveals much about women's status in their society and within Buddhism.
Explores the potential significance of Japanese Pure Land Buddhist Thought in the contemporary world, and provides a new model of interreligious dialogue as Buddhist thinkers engage with Christian the
Explores Japanese literary Zen through the landscape arts of poetry, prose, painting, and gardens expressed in the writings of Japan's Five Mountain monks.
