American Sutra
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American Sutra
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Author : Duncan Ryuken Williams
language : en
Publisher: Belknap Press
Release Date : 2019
American Sutra written by Duncan Ryuken Williams and has been published by Belknap Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
The mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is not only a tale of injustice; it is a moving story of faith. In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese-American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in our nation's history, insisting that they could be both Buddhist and American.--
America Sutra
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Author : Amit Desai
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
America Sutra written by Amit Desai and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Photography, Artistic categories.
"America Sutra is the first in a series of three projects by artist Amit Desai. It is the culmination of a ten-year journey through the United States. A seven-volume study in text and image of the changing American body and soul, the first exhibition of America Sutra is a website that is curated by a computer algorithm and is unique to each visit. This show is accompanied by a feature length documentary Possible Psalms, a behind the scenes look at the making of America Sutra. The images in America Sutra portray the people and landscapes the artist experienced during his many years on the road. Shot on 35mm, 120 medium format, Polaroid and digital, along with hand made collages and drawings, the seven volumes display a wide range of photographic techniques. All the double exposure photographs were made in camera and all the work was shot on film except for Book IV, which is the only digital work in the sutra... America Sutra is a 21st century sutra made up of image and text. In a tradition that goes back to Walt Whitman and the early American transcendentalists, it combines both Eastern and Western thought and influences into an original system of aesthetics." --America Sutra website.
Commentaries On American Sutra
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Author : William Smith
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-11-29
Commentaries On American Sutra written by William Smith and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-29 with categories.
'An American Sutra' is a collection of unique aphorisms, gleaned from an adventurous and examined life, and intended to be both entertaining and thought provoking. Some maxims are entirely original, while others are a fresh rewording of, or contrarian slant on, traditional wisdom. 'Commentaries on American Sutra' explicates each axiom by number, with a view to increasing the reader's understanding and engagement, and with particular attention to New World social, cultural, and personal realities.
Sutra And Bible
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Author : Duncan Ryuken Williams
language : en
Publisher: Kaya Press
Release Date : 2022-03
Sutra And Bible written by Duncan Ryuken Williams and has been published by Kaya Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03 with History categories.
Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration accompanies the Japanese American National Museum's 2022 "Sutra and Bible" exhibition. Together, the exhibit and catalogue explore the role that religious teachings, practices, and communities played while Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. From the confines of concentration camps and locales under martial law to the battlegrounds of Europe, Japanese Americans drew on their faith to survive forced removal, indefinite incarceration, unjust deportation, family separation, military service, and resettlement at a time when their race and religion were seen as threats to national security. Co-edited by Dr. Emily Anderson and Dr. Duncan Ry?ken Williams, this catalogue weaves visual storytelling with auxiliary essays from thirty-two prominent voices across academic, arts, and social justice communities.
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Author : 宣化
language : zh-TW
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
written by 宣化 and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Buddhism categories.
Issei Buddhism In The Americas
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Author : Duncan Ryuken Williams
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2010-03-30
Issei Buddhism In The Americas written by Duncan Ryuken Williams and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-30 with Religion categories.
Rich in primary sources and featuring contributions from scholars on both sides of the Pacific, Issei Buddhism in the Americas upends boundaries and categories that have tied Buddhism to Asia and illuminates the social and spiritual role that the religion has played in the Americas. While Buddhists in Japan had long described the migration of the religion as traveling from India, across Asia, and ending in Japan, this collection details the movement of Buddhism across the Pacific to the Americas. Leading the way were pioneering, first-generation Issei priests and their followers who established temples, shared Buddhist teachings, and converted non-Buddhists in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book explores these pioneering efforts in the context of Japanese diasporic communities and immigration history and the early history of Buddhism in the Americas. The result is a dramatic exploration of the history of Asian immigrant religion that encompasses such topics as Japanese language instruction in Hawaiian schools, the Japanese Canadian community in British Columbia, the roles of Buddhist song culture, Tenriyko ministers in America, and Zen Buddhism in Brazil. Contributors are Michihiro Ama, Noriko Asato, Masako Iino, Tomoe Moriya, Lori Pierce, Cristina Rocha, Keiko Wells, Duncan Ryûken Williams, and Akihiro Yamakura.
The Laughing Sutra
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Author : Mark Salzman
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2012-02-08
The Laughing Sutra written by Mark Salzman and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-08 with Fiction categories.
Iron & Silk, Mark Salzman's bestselling account of his adventures as an English teacher and martial arts student in China, introduced a writer of enormous charm and keen insight into the cultural chasm between East and West. Now Salzman returns to China in his first novel, which follows the adventures of Hsun-ching, a naive but courageous orphan, and the formidable and mysterious Colonel Sun, who together travel from mainland China to San Francisco, risking everything to track down an elusive Buddhist scripture called The Laughing Sutra. Part Tom Sawyer, part Tom Jones, The Laughing Sutra draws us into an irresistible narrative of danger and comedy that speaks volumes about the nature of freedom and the meaning of loyalty.
The Stories Of The Lotus Sutra
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Author : Gene Reeves
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-11
The Stories Of The Lotus Sutra written by Gene Reeves and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11 with Fiction categories.
"The Lotus Sutra" is one of the world's great religious scriptures and most influential texts. It has been a seminal work in the development of Buddhism throughout East Asia and, by extension in the development of Mahayana Buddhism throughout the world. Taking place in a vast and fantastical cosmic setting, the Lotus Sutra places emphasis on skillfully doing whatever is needed to serve and compassionately care for others, on breaking down sharp distinctions between the ideals of the fully enlightened buddha and the bodhisattva who vows to postpone personal salvation until all beings may share it together, and especially on each and every being's innate capacity to become a buddha.
The Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra
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Author : Hsuan Hua
language : en
Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
Release Date : 2013-09-02
The Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra written by Hsuan Hua and has been published by Buddhist Text Translation Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-02 with categories.
(also known as the Vajracchedikā or Diamond Sutra) A highly readable translation of the Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra as transmitted in the Chinese tradition, this brief text summarizes the teachings on emptiness of the Prajñāpāramitā, the perfection of wisdom. In this Sutra, the Buddha teaches his disciple Subhuti the subtle points of Buddhist philosophy on emptiness, the lack of true existence of anything—thoughts are illusions; life is a dream. Master Hua enriches the text by providing details and narratives, and he explains how to incorporate the concept of emptiness into our lives.
The Lotus S Tra
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Author : Donald S. Lopez Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2016-10-04
The Lotus S Tra written by Donald S. Lopez Jr. and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-04 with Religion categories.
A concise and accessible introduction to the classic Buddhist text The Lotus Sutra is arguably the most famous of all Buddhist scriptures. Composed in India in the first centuries of the Common Era, it is renowned for its inspiring message that all beings are destined for supreme enlightenment. Here, Donald Lopez provides an engaging and accessible biography of this enduring classic. Lopez traces the many roles the Lotus Sutra has played in its travels through Asia, Europe, and across the seas to America. The story begins in India, where it was one of the early Mahayana sutras, which sought to redefine the Buddhist path. In the centuries that followed, the text would have a profound influence in China and Japan, and would go on to play a central role in the European discovery of Buddhism. It was the first Buddhist sutra to be translated from Sanskrit into a Western language—into French in 1844 by the eminent scholar Eugène Burnouf. That same year, portions of the Lotus Sutra appeared in English in The Dial, the journal of New England's Transcendentalists. Lopez provides a balanced account of the many controversies surrounding the text and its teachings, and describes how the book has helped to shape the popular image of the Buddha today. He explores how it was read by major literary figures such as Henry David Thoreau and Gustave Flaubert, and how it was used to justify self-immolation in China and political extremism in Japan. Concise and authoritative, this is the essential introduction to the life and afterlife of a timeless masterpiece.