EDITOR'S NOTE:The author wasblessed with a rarechance to be with31 Living Buddhas,kampo abbots andsutra teaches-hail-ing from Tibet andthe areas inhabitedby the Tibetans inSichuan,Qinghai,Gansu and YunnanProvince...EDITOR'S NOTE:The author wasblessed with a rarechance to be with31 Living Buddhas,kampo abbots andsutra teaches-hail-ing from Tibet andthe areas inhabitedby the Tibetans inSichuan,Qinghai,Gansu and YunnanProvinces,andrecorded the follow-ing stories．展开更多
Most of thefamous monas-teries in Tibetare found inmountainous gullies withlittle of no tree cover. How-ever, this is not the casewith Razheng Monastery,which lies under luxurianttrees.
LIVING BUDDHA QUXILiving Buddha Quxi was born into a poor Tibetan peasant family in Guide County,Qinghai Province in 1934.When he was three,the 9th Panchen Erdeni determinedhim to be the reincarnated soul boy of the 3...LIVING BUDDHA QUXILiving Buddha Quxi was born into a poor Tibetan peasant family in Guide County,Qinghai Province in 1934.When he was three,the 9th Panchen Erdeni determinedhim to be the reincarnated soul boy of the 3rd Living Buddha Quxi Pandit,and he wasgiven he religious name of Quxi Lobtsang Huadain Longrou Gyarnco. An enthrone-ment ceremony was held in Tar Monastery on April 15,1936,and he was tonsured inthe monastery on April 15,1943.展开更多
Origin-Ancient India I was shocked by its beauty and mysterious attraction at my first sight on a Zhazha from a documentary broad- casted by CCTV.I had never imaged that so many kinds of pattern and Buddha embossment ...Origin-Ancient India I was shocked by its beauty and mysterious attraction at my first sight on a Zhazha from a documentary broad- casted by CCTV.I had never imaged that so many kinds of pattern and Buddha embossment can be con-展开更多
LESHAN,A small city in eastern Sichuan Province,is famous for its 71-meter-tall statue of the Buddha,which since A.D.713 has stood watch where three rivers,the Minjiang Qingyi-jiang and Daduhe,meet.The site attracts t...LESHAN,A small city in eastern Sichuan Province,is famous for its 71-meter-tall statue of the Buddha,which since A.D.713 has stood watch where three rivers,the Minjiang Qingyi-jiang and Daduhe,meet.The site attracts thousands of tourists every year.展开更多
This article focuses on postcolonial Pakistan,which is divided on ethnic,economic,religious,linguistic,and political lines,and reveals the negotiations,sufferings and experiences of racism and nationalism.Through the ...This article focuses on postcolonial Pakistan,which is divided on ethnic,economic,religious,linguistic,and political lines,and reveals the negotiations,sufferings and experiences of racism and nationalism.Through the lens of“postcolonial nationalism”,this study examines the heightened consciousness of“national identity”,quest for“belonging”,and the loss of“continuity”as depicted in Kamila Shamsie’s Kartography and Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia.In the current“war on ter-ror”scenario,many Pakistani people are failing to find security and shelter within and across border.The corrupt establishment as well as the religious and political mafias has deprived and shattered people’s belief in themselves by crushing their dreams of freedom.The Pakistani people have stood on the verge of their "promised land" only to watch how callously their beloved home is stricken by the superseding local and global powers under the guises of patriotism and nationalism.Furthermore,the severe consequences of 9/11 have generated a strong sense of alienation,insecurity,and recurrent fear in Pakistani diaspora,who have failed to assimilate in their host countries and remain in search of“home”.展开更多
The development of the Manjushri Belief(wenshu xinyang 文殊信仰) in Indian Buddhism consists of two main trends: from Manjushri being regarded as a disciple of the Buddha to being portrayed as the teacher of Buddhas, ...The development of the Manjushri Belief(wenshu xinyang 文殊信仰) in Indian Buddhism consists of two main trends: from Manjushri being regarded as a disciple of the Buddha to being portrayed as the teacher of Buddhas, from being presented as the representation of “prajna” wisdom to being the representation of the entirety of Buddhist wisdom;the Sinification process of the Manjushri Belief also saw two main development trends: from the debate over the ranking of Bodhisattvas Manjushri and Samantabhadra(Puxian 普贤) to proposing the theory of “the Interdependence of the Three Sages(sansheng yuanrong 三圣圆融),” from establishing Mount Wutai(Wutai Shan 五台山) as the fundamental “sacred site” of Manjushri to establishing it as a holy site of Buddhist worship, practice, research and propagation of Buddhadharma. The rise of Manjushri Belief is a unique historical phenomenon, with wide-ranging implications for both Indian and Chinese Buddhism, and should be viewed as an important result of the cultural exchanges and mutual learning between Indian and Chinese Buddhism.展开更多
文摘EDITOR'S NOTE:The author wasblessed with a rarechance to be with31 Living Buddhas,kampo abbots andsutra teaches-hail-ing from Tibet andthe areas inhabitedby the Tibetans inSichuan,Qinghai,Gansu and YunnanProvinces,andrecorded the follow-ing stories．
文摘Most of thefamous monas-teries in Tibetare found inmountainous gullies withlittle of no tree cover. How-ever, this is not the casewith Razheng Monastery,which lies under luxurianttrees.
文摘LIVING BUDDHA QUXILiving Buddha Quxi was born into a poor Tibetan peasant family in Guide County,Qinghai Province in 1934.When he was three,the 9th Panchen Erdeni determinedhim to be the reincarnated soul boy of the 3rd Living Buddha Quxi Pandit,and he wasgiven he religious name of Quxi Lobtsang Huadain Longrou Gyarnco. An enthrone-ment ceremony was held in Tar Monastery on April 15,1936,and he was tonsured inthe monastery on April 15,1943.
文摘Origin-Ancient India I was shocked by its beauty and mysterious attraction at my first sight on a Zhazha from a documentary broad- casted by CCTV.I had never imaged that so many kinds of pattern and Buddha embossment can be con-
文摘LESHAN,A small city in eastern Sichuan Province,is famous for its 71-meter-tall statue of the Buddha,which since A.D.713 has stood watch where three rivers,the Minjiang Qingyi-jiang and Daduhe,meet.The site attracts thousands of tourists every year.
文摘This article focuses on postcolonial Pakistan,which is divided on ethnic,economic,religious,linguistic,and political lines,and reveals the negotiations,sufferings and experiences of racism and nationalism.Through the lens of“postcolonial nationalism”,this study examines the heightened consciousness of“national identity”,quest for“belonging”,and the loss of“continuity”as depicted in Kamila Shamsie’s Kartography and Hanif Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia.In the current“war on ter-ror”scenario,many Pakistani people are failing to find security and shelter within and across border.The corrupt establishment as well as the religious and political mafias has deprived and shattered people’s belief in themselves by crushing their dreams of freedom.The Pakistani people have stood on the verge of their "promised land" only to watch how callously their beloved home is stricken by the superseding local and global powers under the guises of patriotism and nationalism.Furthermore,the severe consequences of 9/11 have generated a strong sense of alienation,insecurity,and recurrent fear in Pakistani diaspora,who have failed to assimilate in their host countries and remain in search of“home”.
文摘The development of the Manjushri Belief(wenshu xinyang 文殊信仰) in Indian Buddhism consists of two main trends: from Manjushri being regarded as a disciple of the Buddha to being portrayed as the teacher of Buddhas, from being presented as the representation of “prajna” wisdom to being the representation of the entirety of Buddhist wisdom;the Sinification process of the Manjushri Belief also saw two main development trends: from the debate over the ranking of Bodhisattvas Manjushri and Samantabhadra(Puxian 普贤) to proposing the theory of “the Interdependence of the Three Sages(sansheng yuanrong 三圣圆融),” from establishing Mount Wutai(Wutai Shan 五台山) as the fundamental “sacred site” of Manjushri to establishing it as a holy site of Buddhist worship, practice, research and propagation of Buddhadharma. The rise of Manjushri Belief is a unique historical phenomenon, with wide-ranging implications for both Indian and Chinese Buddhism, and should be viewed as an important result of the cultural exchanges and mutual learning between Indian and Chinese Buddhism.
