The Spread of Buddhism
210 stephan peter bumbacher thus sort of an “equivalent” of Xi Wang Mu’s sheng—, the left hand holding the end of his gown, the ...
early buddhism in china: daoist reactions 211 changed from the original three-quarters to a frontal one, facing the viewer in th ...
212 stephan peter bumbacher Museum, Harvard University Art Museum.^46 In this example, the ames range from the shoulders down ...
early buddhism in china: daoist reactions 213 time. The only preserved fragment of the imperial stele Shengmu bei (Stele for the ...
214 stephan peter bumbacher In this early period, the Buddha in China obviously could not be imagined other than as a deity simi ...
early buddhism in china: daoist reactions 215 The bodhisattva transformed himself, and riding a white elephant, descended [like] ...
216 stephan peter bumbacher the upper end of the arm. The frequency with which this topic occurs in the Indian literature, both ...
early buddhism in china: daoist reactions 217 Meditation In a Chinese context, meditation, if compared with the long living an ...
218 stephan peter bumbacher it involves following or guiding the breath while one is in a stable [upright] sitting position. As ...
early buddhism in china: daoist reactions 219 However, when during the Han dynasty early Chinese translations of Buddhist texts ...
220 stephan peter bumbacher breathing exercises, its goal is no longer to fully empty out the contents of consciousness until a ...
early buddhism in china: daoist reactions 221 (Scripture of the Yellow Court, Outer View). The relevant sentence reads:^101 “bre ...
222 stephan peter bumbacher no particular god at all, is of no importance for our purpose. What matters is the fact that this me ...
early buddhism in china: daoist reactions 223 say that it entrusts itself to the body are the same ones who are forever practici ...
224 stephan peter bumbacher of black and yellow ve-colour jewels. She is nine-tenths of an inch high. Visualise her also as be ...
early buddhism in china: daoist reactions 225 graphic visualisation of a god:^119 K a says in verse ve of the eighth chapt ...
226 stephan peter bumbacher amply attested in the Pli Nikyas and the Chinese translations of the Sanskrit gamas.^124 In Mahy ...
early buddhism in china: daoist reactions 227 will see the Buddha Amitbha. If they do not see him in the waking state, then the ...
228 stephan peter bumbacher into Chinese, and these texts were dealing with both a multi-stage meditation technique leading towa ...
early buddhism in china: daoist reactions 229 authors then surely the owners of the original scripture were given silk as presen ...
«
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
»
Free download pdf