Title & Author:

The stupa : sacred symbol of enlightenment / Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center.

Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Dharma Publishing, [1997]
©1997

Description:

xxv, 437 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm.

Series:

Crystal mirror series ; v. 12

Notes:
"Manuscript prepared by Elizabeth Cook and the editorial team of Yeshe De Project"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-402) and index.
Introduction -- Sacred symbol of enlightenment -- Eight places of pilgrimage -- India -- Beyond the Indus to Serindia -- Nepal -- Sri Lanka -- China -- Korea -- Japan -- The eight Mahācaityas -- Tibet -- Bhutan -- Myanmar -- Thailand and Laos -- Cambodia, Indonesia, and Vietnam -- Stupas of Odityan.

Summary:

"The Stupa: Sacred Symbol of Enlightenment is an illustrated account of the forms and symbolism of the Buddhist stupa as it has appeared in all Buddhist lands. It was researched and published to heighten appreciation for a symbol universal in Buddhist cultures and encourage practitioners to consider more deeply how mind and symbol interact to transform our way of seeing and understanding. The text traces the development of the stupa from the time of the Buddha to the present in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan, and Tibet, with a section on the Odiyan stupa in California. It points out that the Stupa, empowered with relics of the Buddha and the enlightened lineage, embodies symbols that communicate directly with subtle levels of consciousness to activate the power of compassion and evoke the thought of enlightenment. The text is illustrated with two hundred photographs of historically important stupas. It includes an overview of the eight great caityas, the parts of the caitya as they relate to the 37 Wings of Enlightenment, and a traditional account of the 'self-arisen' Svayambhu Stupa of Nepal."-- Provided by publisher

ISBN:

9780898002843 paperback
0898002842 paperback

Subject:

Stūpas Asia History.
Buddhist architecture Asia History.
Buddhism Asia History.
Stūpas.
Stūpas Asie Histoire.
Architecture bouddhique Asie Histoire.
Bouddhisme Asie Histoire.
stupas.
dagobas.
Stūpas Asie.
Stūpas Aspect symbolique.

Added entries:

Tarthang, Tulku, 1935- editor.
Cook, Elizabeth, 1936- editor
Yeshe De Project. editor.
Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Berkeley, Calif.), issuing body
Crystal mirror series ; v. 12.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 192272
Call No.: ID BQ5125.S8; ID:97-B3366
Status: Available