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Nirvana - Jeremy Horner

Nirvana

The Spread of Buddhism Through Asia

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
260 Seiten
2016
Goff Books (Verlag)
978-1-939621-00-9 (ISBN)
CHF 87,90 inkl. MwSt
A photographic journey, tracing the origins of Buddhism and following its evolutionary path from India, through Asia to China and beyond, providing an authoritative perspective on Buddhism in 21st Century Asia.
"From crimson robes to golden temples: Stunning photos capture the colourful and spellbinding worship of Buddhism across Asia...Horner's breath-taking collection...captures aspects of each country on his exploration." MailOnline. From its origins at Bodh Gaya on the plains of northern India, we travel up into the Himalaya of Ladakh, where Buddhism thrived and split in the five different sects. Our journey takes us to Nepal, historically a receptive home for Buddhism, to Tibet in Exile in Dharamshala, and to Sikkim and Bhutan paying homage to the sacred sites of Mahayana Buddhism along the way. We venture along the silk route into the mountainous region of Xinjiang in China, and to the largest monastery in the Buddhist world at Labrang in Gansu Province, home to the Yellow Hat sect. We visit the Longman Caves and the legendary Shaolin Monastery, with its extraordinary Kung Fu monks, before eventually embarking for Korea and Japan to trace Tantric Buddhism. There we sample the tranquility of Zen temples and the fresh mountain and sea air of the most sacred pilgrim sites.We follow the story of how the once precarious belief emerged as Theravada Buddhism and found a haven in Sri Lanka before progressing eastwards to Burma, and on into southeast Asia, as far as central Java.
We explore the exquisite temples of Luang Prabang in Laos, Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Sukhothai in Thailand where Buddhist art reached a certain zenith. This is journey of spiritual as well as visual enlightenment, as we meet Theravada Buddhist pilgrims along the way. Finally we traverse the Tibetan plateau to reach the fabled capital of Lhasa, with its spiritual centre of the Jokhang Temple and the iconic Potala Palace, the abandoned home of HH the Dalai Lama. Maps with reference to the photographs will guide you along the routes. The illuminating text by Denis Gray provides an authoritative perspective of Buddhism in 21st century Asia and assists in navigating the reader through the book's journey.

Nomadic by nature, and as a qualified geologist, Jeremy Horner wandered into the Himalaya in 1987, teaching himself photography. His work from the Nepali Himalaya was immediately published in Hong Kong to high acclaim, sparking a romantic career which has taken him to around a hundred countries across the globe.

Erscheinungsdatum
Einführung Denis Gray
Zusatzinfo 200 colour
Verlagsort CA
Sprache englisch
Maße 216 x 305 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Fotokunst
Reisen
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Buddhismus
ISBN-10 1-939621-00-3 / 1939621003
ISBN-13 978-1-939621-00-9 / 9781939621009
Zustand Neuware
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