SACRED BUDDHIST PAINTING

Chakraverty, Anjan

Arts & Photography

Lustre Press/Roli Books

This is a lucid and readable account of thangka painting -- a form of scroll painting integral to Tibetan Buddhist worship. Tibetans were often advised by their religious preceptors to commission a painting for the 'removal' of physical or mental obstacles, or to create the prerequisites for 'a long and healthy life'. Like any other virtuous deed, the commissioning of religious art was believed to earn merit. This book has thangkas from renowned private and public collections the world over and from the collection of H H the Dalai Lama's private chapel (Namgyal Monastery), and from his collection donated to the Library of Works and Archives in Dharmasala, India.

Language: English Pages: 80 About the Book: SARNATH, is one of the most important places of worship for Buddhists, the world over. Sarnath, about seven miles to the north of Varanasi, is a tiny hamlet where the Buddha preached his first sermon 2,5000 years ago. Called 'The Turning of the Wheel' (dharma chakra pravartana) the sermon summed up the essentials of Buddhist teaching. Focusing upon suffering, the Buddha argued that the cause of suffering was desire, and that if man wished to get rid of suffering he must first get rid of desire. A Wandering teacher during much of his life, the Buddha travelled over the eastern Gangetic plain, preaching his doctrines, but he often stayed at the monastery in Sarnath during the monsoon months. In later years, Sarnath became not only an important centre of Buddhist art and thought but also one of the holiest shrines of Buddhism, visited by devotees from all parts of the world. But the Buddha left God and divinity out of his system. Being an atheistic religion, Buddhism does not see God as essential to the universe, but acknowledges a natural cosmic rise and decline. It holds that the universe originally had been a place of bliss, but by giving in to desire, man made it a place of suffering. Man's salvation lies in freeing himself from desire and achieving nirvana or extinction, freedom from the wheel of rebirth. CONTENTS Time Past in Time Present 17 Sights and Insights The Brahmin Pandas 23 The Sanyasis 26 Devotees and Pilgrims 29

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Pramesh Ratnakar

This book takes the reader to the beginnings of medical science in ancient Greece and traces its subsequent journey into the 8th-century Arab world and the birth of a new system called Unani. There is also an informative chapter on home remedies which can be safely tried by readers as Unani medicine prescribes drugs which originate in nature. Includes many color illustrations.

Unani: The Science of Graeco Arabic Medicine

Ahmad, Jamil

Tibetan medicine is a traditional form of healing which basically employs natural materials for compounding medicines. Buddhist healing is intimately linked with Buddhist philosophy. Today it is practised by a handful of authorised amchis (doctors) only and it is in danger of losing its valuable patrimony.

Tibetan Medicine: The Buddhist Way of Healing

Khangkar, Dolkar

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Polo in India: A tribute to Maharaj Prem Singh (The Sports Series)

Sports & Outdoors

Singh, Sarina (Edited by)

Individual Sports

Yoga for All

BHARAT THAKUR

Exercise & Fitness

Handcrafted Indian Enamel Jewellery gives an informative account of the history of crafting enamels in India from the time of the Mughals to the present in an easy reader-friendly manner calculated to arouse the interest of the reader. The book traces the origin and development of Indian enamel jewellery, which is interwoven with legend, lore, history and culture. The many-hued metals, gems and enchanting enamels used as adornment and for decorative purposes are written about with deep insight discussing the techniques and styles found in India. The craft of Indian has been preserved for posterity in paintings, sculptures and books.

Handcrafted Indian Enamel Jewellery

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Rita Devi Sharma

M. Varadarajan

Crafts & Hobbies

Religion is as old as humans. It was born out of amazement, fear and respect of natural phenomena. The book offers a fascinating glimpse of the abiding physical anchorages of mankind's relationship with the spiritual. The book looks at some of these places, across religions, geographies and politics, man-made structures and creations of nature, misty antiquity and the modern age.The origin, establishment and evolution of each site are placed in historical or legendary context, with an elucidation of the basic tenets of the religion it represents. Besides featuring the fundamental foci of the large religions, such as Christianity's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and Islam's Kaaba, there are those belonging to the smaller faiths, like Shintoism, Bahai' and Sikhism as well as primal beliefs. The scale ranges from the diminutive hut-like structure in remembering the cowboy-saint Gauchito Gil in the Argentinean deserts, to the massive mountain of Mansarovar that inspires Buddhist and Hindu pilgrims to trek to the wind-blown Tibetan plateau.Sacred Sites offers a fascinating glimpse of the abiding physical anchorages of mankind's relationship with the spiritual.

Sacred Sites of the World

Nirad Grover

Indian Fast Food

Pant, Pushpesh

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