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Encyclopaedia of Bhutanese Buddhism (5 Volumes)

Singh, Raman & Haldhar, Siya Mishra (Eds.)

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	Book ID : 38234
	ISBN-10 : 93-80921-92-6 / 9380921926
	ISBN-13 : 978-93-80921-92-1 / 9789380921921
	Place of Publication : Delhi
	Year of Publication : 2012
	Edition : (First Edition)
	Language : English
	viii, 1472p., Bib., Index, 25 cm.

CONTENTS

CONTENTS:-

Vol. 1: Mahayana Buddhism in Bhutan:
1. Introduction / Dr. Siya Mishra Haldhar
2. Political and Cultural Background of Mahayana Buddhism / Dr. Shiv Charan
3. Mahayanic Traces in the Nikayas / Dr. Suresh Singh
4. Conception of Trikaya / Dr. Sanjay Verma
5. Conception of the Truths / Dr. Sujata Shukla
6. Conception of the Absolute / Dr. Binod Kumar Singh
7. Five Hindrances / Dr. Prakash Sharan
8. Buddhist Cosmology / Dr. Prakash Ranjan

Vol. 2: Monasticism in Bhutanese Buddhism:
1. Introduction / Dr. Siya Mishra Haldhar
2. Monasticism / Praveen Kumar
3. Hinduism: Rituals, Practices and Monastic Ways / Shri Prakash Narayan
4. Asceticism / Pramod Kumar Das
5. Monks and Monasticism / Dr. Mahesh Kumar Singh
6. History of Monastic Discipline / Manoj Kumar Gupta
7. The Basic Teachings of Buddhism / Dr. Suchita Kumar
8. Buddhist Monasteries in Bhutan / Dr. Ramesh Prasad
9. Anathapindika / Dr. Sakeel Ahmad

Vol. 3: Doctrine of Bhutanese Buddhism:
1. Introduction / Dr. Siya Mishra Haldhar
2. Human Impulsion / Dr. Kamakhya Tiwari
3. Evaluating of Happiness and Unhappiness / Dr. Rajesh Kumar
4. The Objects of the Visual Sense / Dr. Birendra Kumar Singh
5. Scientific Materialism / Dr. Suraj Nandan Prasad
6. Existence after Death / Dr. Mukesh Kumar Singh
7. Astonishment of the Consciousness / Dr. Ramesh Chandra
8. The Meditative Contemplation / Dr. Naresh Goyal
9. The Path of Salvation / Dr. Subodh Kumar Choudhary
10. The Means of Concentration / Dr. Suryadeo Prasad

Vol. 4: Schools of Bhutanese Buddhism:
1. Introduction / Dr. Siya Mishra Haldhar
2. Early Schools / Dr. Subodh Kumar Choudhary
3. Cittamatra in Tibet / Dr. Shashi Kant Rai
4. Buddhism in Bhutan / Dr. Aditya Narayan Mishra
5. A Comparative Study of Bhutanese Buddhism / Dr. Deepak Kumar Rai
6. Householder (Buddhism) / Sunil Kumar
7. Monk / Dr. Sanjay Kumar

Vol. 5: Traditions of Bhutanese Buddhism:
1. Introduction / Dr. Siya Mishra Haldhar
2. The Buddhist Order after Buddhas / Dr. M. M. Rehman
3. Mahayana Buddhism / Pragati Badhwar
4. Theravada Buddhism / Dr. Anita Saini
5. Tantric Buddhism / Shailesh Kumar Dubey
6. Bhutanese Buddhist Sects / Vishal Singh
7. Protestant Buddhism / Sanjay Rai
8. Tendai Buddhism / Punj Prakash
9. Millennial Buddhism / Dr. Sanjay Agrawal
10. Infancy Practice and Traditions in Bhutan / Dr. Imran Khan
11. The Bonpo Traditions of Dzogchen / Dr. Ramesh Sinha

DESCRIPTION

Monasteries and convents were common throughout Bhutan in the late twentieth century. Both monks and nuns kept their heads shaved and wore distinguishing maroon robes. Their days were spent in study and meditation but also in the performance of rituals honoring various bodhisattvas, praying for the dead and seeking divine intercession on behalf of the ill. Some of their prayers involved chants and singing accompanied by conch shell trumpets, thighbone trumpets, metal horns up to three meters long, large standing drums and cymbals, hand bells, temple bells, gongs and wooden sticks. Such monastic music and singing, not normally heard by the general public, has been reported to have great virility and to be more melodious than its Tibetan monotone counterparts. To bring Buddhism to the people, numerous symbols and structures are employed. Religious monuments, prayer walls, prayer flags and sacred mantras carved in stone hillsides were prevalent in the early 1990s. Among the religious monuments are chorten, the Bhutanese version of the Indian stupa. They range from simple rectangular house chorten to complex edifices with ornate steps, doors, domes and spires. Some are decorated with the Buddha's eyes that see in all directions simultaneously. These earth, brick or stone structures commemorate decreased kings. Buddhist saints, venerable monks and other notables and sometimes they serve as reliquaries. Prayer walls are made of laid or piled stone and inscribed with Tantric prayers. Prayers printed with woodblocks on cloth are made into tall, narrow, colourful prayer flags, which are then mounted on long poles and placed both at holy sites and at dangerous locations to ward off demons and to benefit the spirits of the dead. Volumes of the book present every aspects of Bhutanese Buddhism.

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