"Angkor Wat" ("Ankor Wat") by Allen Ginsberg
A literary monument to Angkor, "Kingdom Come or Kingdom Yore".
Publications Publications A First-Century Stele from Sriksetra
The spread of Saivist and Buddhist influences into Pyu communities of ancient Burma.
Links A Theravada Library
A precious online resource on Theravada reference texts, translations from Pali, Pali self-study tools.
Films Angkor Wat Temple, from Hindu to Buddhist Shrine
History lecture on Angkor Wat by Dr Chanratana Chen
Books Angkor, sérénité bouddhique | The Serenity of Buddhism
A deeply personal and reflective photographic work on Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and the Bayon.
Links Architecture of the Buddhist World
Collection of paintings, drawings and photographs on the Buddhist world, with several items about Angkor.Links Artistic Syncretism at the Sanctuary of Truth, Thailand
A joyful explosion of Thai, Khmer, Chinese, Hindu and Buddhist artistic influences in a sanctuary dedicated to devotion and creative...
Publications Brapamsukulanisamsam and Symbolic Clothing
The Brapamsukulānisamsam invocation, in Pali and translation, sacred part of Southeast Asia funerary rites.
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...
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.
Publications Garuḍa, Vajrapāṇi and Religious Change in Jayavarman VII's Angkor
A stimulating study in religious mutations during the King-Builder's reign
Books Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad
Back to the intellectual and aesthetical origins of Hindu architecture and its Southeast Asian derivatives, particularly in the Khmer tradition.
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
Books Journal of an Embassy to the Courts of Siam and Cochin-China
A lively description of mainland Southeast Asia in the 1820s.
Publications L’about inscrit du musée national du Cambodge (K. 943) | The K 943 End Piece at NMC
Nouveaux éléments sur le bouddhisme tantrique à l’époque angkorienne | New perspectives on Tantric Buddhism during Angkorean times.
Books Lettres du Cambodge, 1947-1950
The coming to age of a young French woman at a transition period for modern Cambodia.
Publications Maritime Trade between Thailand and Bengal
A summary of archaeological finds shining a new light on the history of maritime trade and early Southeeast Asia.
Publications Morbid Meditation in Buddhist Iconography
Physical beauty and the decay of the human body, a major topic in Buddhist meditation.
Books Nārāyana ou Celui qui se meut sur les eaux
Cambodia as the ultimate land of the Creation, where all living beings converge to the revelation of the Supreme Being.
Themes Religion & Belief
Publications South Asia from 1200 BCE to 900 CE
Politics, ethics and sense of community in the Early India context.
Books Tantra, Magic and Vernacular Religion in Monsoon Asia (Introduction)
Preface to a collection of documented essays on Tantrism, particularly in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Books The Angkorian Records
Poetry, mysticism and eschatology in the Khmer inscriptions of the Angkorean period, in this inspired essay written by an Indian...
Publications The Syncretism of Religions in Southeast Asia, Especially in the Khmer Empire
The many encounters of various religious philosophies in Angkor.
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...
Publications Two Narrative Buddhist Steles
Captions prepared for two narrative steles on the life of the Buddha discovered in Angkor, Cambodia, and now kept at...
Links 中台禪寺 | The Chung Tai Chan Monastery
A major collection of Buddhist art and writing set in Taiwan