"Angkor Wat" ("Ankor Wat") by Allen Ginsberg
A literary monument to Angkor, "Kingdom Come or Kingdom Yore".
Entries tagged with “Buddhism”
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Publications A First-Century Stele from Sriksetra
The spread of Saivist and Buddhist influences into Pyu communities of ancient Burma.
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Links A Theravada Library
A precious online resource on Theravada reference texts, translations from Pali, Pali self-study tools.
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Films Angkor Wat Temple, from Hindu to Buddhist Shrine
History lecture on Angkor Wat by Dr Chanratana Chen
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Books Angkor, sérénité bouddhique | The Serenity of Buddhism
A deeply personal and reflective photographic work on Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and the Bayon.
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Links Architecture of the Buddhist World
Collection of paintings, drawings and photographs on the Buddhist world, with several items about Angkor. -
Publications Brapamsukulanisamsam and Symbolic Clothing
The Brapamsukulānisamsam invocation, in Pali and translation, sacred part of Southeast Asia funerary rites.
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Books Cambodian Buddhism, History & Practice
The era of the last Kings of Angkor is when Theravada Buddhism in its specific Cambodian form starts to develop. -
Publications Early China and the Indian Ocean Networks
Early China’s interactions with the maritime world and the eventual emergence of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) as a leading naval...
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Publications Early Historic South Asia: Geography, Climate, and the Human Landscape
A dynamic approach of Early South Asia and the exchanges across the Bay of Bengal.
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Publications Garuḍa, Vajrapāṇi and Religious Change in Jayavarman VII's Angkor
A stimulating study in religious mutations during the King-Builder's reign
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Links In the Mood for Love...and for Angkor
Just 20 years after the release of Wong Kar-wai’s magical movie, revisiting its final scene set in Angkor Wat
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Books Journal of an Embassy to the Courts of Siam and Cochin-China
A lively description of mainland Southeast Asia in the 1820s.
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Publications Morbid Meditation in Buddhist Iconography
Physical beauty and the decay of the human body, a major topic in Buddhist meditation.
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Themes Religion & Belief
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Publications South Asia from 1200 BCE to 900 CE
Politics, ethics and sense of community in the Early India context.
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Publications The Syncretism of Religions in Southeast Asia, Especially in the Khmer Empire
The many encounters of various religious philosophies in Angkor.
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Publications Travels in Siam and Cambodia
"The temple stands solitary and alone in the jungle, in too perfect order to be called a ruin, a relic...
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Links 中台禪寺 | The Chung Tai Chan Monastery
A major collection of Buddhist art and writing set in Taiwan