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1. Introducing Tibetan Buddhism

   By Geoffrey Samuel

   Tibetan Buddhism is the most widely encountered and generally known Buddhist tradition in the world. From meditation classes to garden statues, from music and film to the popularity of the Dalai Lama, Introducing Tibetan Buddhism is the ideal starting point for students wishing to undertake a...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-45665-4 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Asceticism and Power in South and Southeast Asia

   Edited by Peter Flügel, Gustaaf Houtman

   Including analyses by top academics in the field, this book takes a unique look at questions of power and asceticism in the Hindu, Jain and Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia. Ideas about power and purity in these three traditions are crucially related to ascetic practices....

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-42384-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Indian Philosophy: a historical introduction with readings

   By Bina Gupta

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-80003-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West: Between Mind and Body

   Edited by Geoffrey Samuel, Jay Johnston

   Subtle-body practices are found particularly in Indian, Indo-Tibetan and East Asian societies, but have become increasingly familiar in Western societies, especially through the various healing and yogic techniques and exercises associated with them. Typically, subtle-body practices assume a...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-60811-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Nation, Constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka

   By Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne

   This book offers a new perspective on contemporary debates about nationalism in South Asia in general and Sri Lanka in particular. The price of that nationalism in Sri Lanka is the current agonizing split between Sinhalese and Tamil. The central focus here is the ‘capture’ of Buddhism by militant...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-46266-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Studying Buddhism in Practice

   Edited by John Harding

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-46486-4 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. Buddhist and Christian?: An Exploration of Dual Belonging

   By Rose Drew

   This is a detailed exploration of Buddhist Christian dual belonging, engaging—from both Buddhist and Christian perspectives—the questions that arise, and drawing on extensive interviews with well-known individuals in the vanguard of this important and growing phenomenon. The issue is pressing...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-61123-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Buddhist Practice and Visual Culture: The Visual Rhetoric of Borobudur

   By Julie Gifford

   Providing an overall interpretation of the Buddhist monument Borobudur in Indonesia, this book looks at Mahayana Buddhist religious ideas and practices that could have informed Borobudur, including both the narrative reliefs and the Buddha images. The author explores a version of the classical...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-78098-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Ethical Practice, Religious Reform, and the Buddhist Art of Living in Nepal: Seeing Things as They Are

   By Lauren Leve

   Theravada has experienced a powerful and far-reaching revival, especially among the Newar Buddhist laity, many of whom are reorganizing their lives according to its precepts, practices and ideals. This book documents these far-reaching social and personal transformations and links them to...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-61734-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Tantric Mantras: Studies on Mantrasastra

    By Andre Padoux

    Making Andre Padoux’ work accessible to an English-speaking readership for the first time, this book provides a systematic and complete overview of the highest scholarly quality on Tantric mantras. It: presents a general summary on the nature of Tantric mantras, their phonetic aspect, structure...

    January 2011 | 978-0-415-42386-1 | Hardback (Routledge)