Illuminating the Life of the Buddha: An Illustrated Chanting Book from Eighteenth-Century Siam
Autor Naomi Appleton, Sarah Shaw, Toshiya Unebeen Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 aug 2013
Illuminating the Life of the Buddha investigates an outstanding eighteenth-century samut khoi, a type of beautifully illustrated, folded book found in Southeast Asia and popular as a repository for the Buddha’s teachings. Written in Pali and produced in Siam, the samut khoi features finely executed paintings on khoi paper portraying key stories from the Buddha’s past lives. These stories, known as the Jatakas, were the principal means by which Buddhist teachings were communicated and were thus a favored theme for samut khoi. However, this samut khoi stands out for its extensive series of paintings from the last life of the Buddha, including his final awakening and teaching, which are distinctive to the region.
Affording readers immense insight into a spectacular eighteenth-century manuscript, and Thai Buddhist manuscripts and temple culture as a whole, this book will be of great interest to art historians and scholars of Buddhism and Southeast Asia.
Affording readers immense insight into a spectacular eighteenth-century manuscript, and Thai Buddhist manuscripts and temple culture as a whole, this book will be of great interest to art historians and scholars of Buddhism and Southeast Asia.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781851242832
ISBN-10: 185124283X
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: 86 color plates
Dimensiuni: 191 x 267 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.91 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Colecția Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
ISBN-10: 185124283X
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: 86 color plates
Dimensiuni: 191 x 267 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.91 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Colecția Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Notă biografică
Naomi Appleton is a chancellor’s fellow in religious studies at the University of Edinburgh and the author of Jataka Stories in Theravada Buddhism.Sarah Shaw is a member of the Faculty of Oriental Studies and Wolfson College, University of Oxford; an honorary fellow of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies; and the author of several books, including The Jatakas: Birth Stories of the Bodhisattva. Toshiya Unebe is associate professor in the Department of Indian Studies at Nagoya University, Japan.
Cuprins
List of Illustrations
Illustrated folios of the manuscript
Map of the manuscript
Preface
1 Introduction – Sarah Shaw
2 The past lives of the Buddha – Naomi Appleton
Siricudama?i-Jataka
Temiya-Jataka
Janaka-Jataka
Suva??asama-Jataka
Nemi-Jataka
Mahosadha-Jataka
Bhuridatta-Jataka
Candakumara-Jataka
Narada-Jataka
Vidhura-Jataka
Vessantara-Jataka
3 The final life of the Buddha – Toshiya Unebe
The birth of the Bodhisatta
The four signs
Leaving his family
The great departure
Cutting off the hair
The lesson of the three strings
The offering of milk-rice
The victory over Mara
The first sermon
The return to Kapilavatthu
The offering from elephant and monkey
Taming the elephant
The offering of a mango
The miracles at Savatthi
Teaching his mother in Tavati?sa Heaven
The descent from Tavati?sa Heaven
The cremation
The division of the relics
4 The lifestory of a manuscript – Sarah Shaw
Notes
Bibliography
Glossary of key terms and figures
Index
Illustrated folios of the manuscript
Map of the manuscript
Preface
1 Introduction – Sarah Shaw
2 The past lives of the Buddha – Naomi Appleton
Siricudama?i-Jataka
Temiya-Jataka
Janaka-Jataka
Suva??asama-Jataka
Nemi-Jataka
Mahosadha-Jataka
Bhuridatta-Jataka
Candakumara-Jataka
Narada-Jataka
Vidhura-Jataka
Vessantara-Jataka
3 The final life of the Buddha – Toshiya Unebe
The birth of the Bodhisatta
The four signs
Leaving his family
The great departure
Cutting off the hair
The lesson of the three strings
The offering of milk-rice
The victory over Mara
The first sermon
The return to Kapilavatthu
The offering from elephant and monkey
Taming the elephant
The offering of a mango
The miracles at Savatthi
Teaching his mother in Tavati?sa Heaven
The descent from Tavati?sa Heaven
The cremation
The division of the relics
4 The lifestory of a manuscript – Sarah Shaw
Notes
Bibliography
Glossary of key terms and figures
Index
Recenzii
"Illuminating the Life of the Buddha is not only a descriptive book on a Siamese manuscript of the Eighteenth-century, but also a genuine homage to the culture, art, and the religious afflatus that created it. This work is undoubtedly one of the most important recent contributions to the study of Southeast Asian Buddhism and Thai narrative art.'
“Throughout this interesting and beautifully illustrated volume, we are given a strong sense of the way in which this exceptionally beautiful eighteenth-century manuscript fits into not only the history but also the lived reality of contemporary Buddhist life.”
“An absolute essential resource. . . . The best resource for the study of pre-modern Siamese Buddhist art and literature to come out in over a decade, and one of the most significant publications in the history of Thai Buddhism.”
"Richly illustrated, . . . [Illuminating the Life of the Buddha] gives a good idea of what stories and themes have been considered important in popular tradition. . . . A suitable introduction to the illustrative traditions of late eighteenth century Thailand, and by extension. much of southern Buddhism."